DEPUTY PREMIER — G2G PASS APPLICATIONS
475. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I refer to allegations by a former
Labor electorate officer that from April to June 2020, the Deputy Premier
tasked her with fast-tracking G2G applications for people and their families
involved in cash-for-access Labor business round tables.
(1) What action has the Premier
taken to assure himself that this did or did not take place?
(2) Can the Premier categorically
rule out that this did not take place?
Mr M.
McGOWAN replied:
(1)–(2) I
do not understand the English of the last part of the question, but I can
indicate to the house that this did not occur and that these suggestions are
incorrect. I can also advise the house that we received many requests for G2G
PASS applications to be dealt with in an expeditious manner. The people who
provided us with those requests included the Leader of the Opposition on 80
occasions; the Deputy Leader of the Opposition
on 35 occasions; Mr Vince Catania, the former member for North West Central, on
13 occasions; Mr Peter Rundle, the member for Roe, on 24 occasions; Hon
Colin de Grussa on two occasions; and Hon Martin Aldridge on 22 occasions. For
the Liberal Party, we received requests for G2G PASS applications to be dealt with quickly from the Leader of the Liberal
Party on 25 occasions, the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the
lower house on 96 occasions, and upper house members of the Liberal Party as
well.