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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 909 asked in the Legislative Council on 15 September 2020 by Hon Peter Collier

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

CORONAVIRUS — STIMULUS MEASURES

909. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the Treasurer:

This question is asked on behalf of Hon Dr Steve Thomas, who is on urgent parliamentary business.

I refer to the hearings of the Public Accounts Committee of the Legislative Assembly into the COVID-19 response held on 17 June 2020, the transcript of which has now been made public on the committee's website and in which the Under Treasurer told the committee —

� in Treasury we get a weekly traffic light report about how each of these stimulus measures have been rolled out and how they are tracking, and if there are any issues that need to be addressed.

(1) Is the weekly traffic light report given to the Treasurer or his office?

(2) Will the Treasurer provide a copy of the latest weekly traffic light report?

(3) If no to (2), why not?

(4) If no to (2), what has been the total expenditure to date for each of the following stimulus measures —

(a) residential tenancy grants;

(b) land tax relief;

(c) small business grants;

(d) the Keystart interest and deferred payment scheme;

(e) payments to employers of apprentices; and

(f) the small business tariff offset for electricity bills?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank Hon Dr Steve Thomas for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by the Treasurer.

(1)–(4) Updates on stimulus measures inform advice to the Expenditure Review Committee and are therefore cabinet-in-confidence.