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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 475 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 11 August 2022 by Ms M.J. Davies

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

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.