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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 6409 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 15 September 2020 by Mr D.C. Nalder

Parliament: 40 Session: 1


Question

I refer to your response provided on 6 August 2019 on the government's total cost of intrastate airfares for 2018-19 (to 31 May 2019) which totalled $26,977,112, and ask:
(a) How many flights in total does this represent;
(b) How many flight paths are there in regional Western Australia and how many flights were taken on each regional flight path during this period; and
(c) What was the total spend on each flight path during this period?

Answered on 3 November 2020

The Department of Finance advises:

(a)       The abovementioned total represents 67,549 intrastate flight bookings.

(b-c)    The total number of accessible flight paths in regional Western Australia should be asked of the Minister for Transport.

Sixty-seven flight paths were booked by WA Public Authorities through the Travel Management Services Common Use Arrangement (CUA). The CUA is mandatory for all WA Public Authorities for domestic air travel bookings on Regular Public Transport routes. The table below summarises the top 30 intrastate flight paths in the period, representing 99.7 per cent of intrastate bookings and 99.6 per cent of expenditure. All amounts stated are exclusive of GST, airport fees and charges.

Flight Path

(includes bi-directional traffic and multi-segment trips)

Booking Count

Expenditure

2018-19 (to 31 May 2019)

$

Perth – Broome1

16,083

5,754,302

Perth – Karratha2

10,186

5,002,301

Perth – Kununurra3

5,802

3,409,316

Perth - Port Hedland4

7,561

3,260,379

Perth - Kalgoorlie-Boulder5

7,979

2,498,361

Perth - Geraldton

6,168

1,471,852

Perth - Albany

3,483

1,060,746

Perth - Newman

2,051

1,001,191

Perth - Paraburdoo

1,580

822,029

Broome - Kununurra

1,772

794,345

Perth - Learmonth

1,626

508,711

Perth - Esperance

1,339

480,485

Perth - Carnarvon

764

322,847

Perth - Onslow

364

110,135

Perth - Christmas Island6

131

79,597

Karratha - Broome

76

51,974

Perth - Monkey Mia

63

31,191

Kalgoorlie-Boulder - Geraldton

71

25,826

Meekatharra - Perth

27

18,349

Broome - Halls Creek

30

17,612

Kununurra - Karratha

22

16,910

Broome - Port Hedland

27

16,206

Broome - Fitzroy Crossing

24

15,203

Kalgoorlie-Boulder - Kununurra

18

15,176

Kununurra - Port Hedland

18

15,105

Newman - Karratha

17

14,812

Kalgoorlie-Boulder - Broome

23

14,338

Geraldton - Port Hedland

21

12,898

Geraldton - Karratha

22

11,182

Geraldton - Kununurra

10

9,817

Subtotal

67,358

26,863,197

Other routes

191

113,915

TOTAL

67,549

26,977,112

1 Over 80 per cent of bookings were made by Departments of Health (60 per cent); Education (8 per cent); Communities (8 per cent); Justice (5 per cent); WA Police (4 per cent).

2 Over 80 per cent of bookings were made by Departments of Health (56 per cent); Education (10 per cent); Communities (6 per cent); Justice (4 per cent); WA Police (5 per cent).

3 Over 80 per cent of bookings were made by Departments of Health (49 per cent); Communities (14 per cent); Education (8 per cent); Justice (6 per cent); WA Police (5 per cent).

4 Over 80 per cent of bookings were made by Departments of Health (55 per cent); Education (10 per cent); Communities (6 per cent); Justice (4 per cent); WA Police (6 per cent); Main Roads WA (4 per cent).

5 Over 80 per cent of bookings were made by Departments of Health (43 per cent); Education (11 per cent); Justice (11 per cent); Communities (9 per cent); Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (5 per cent); WA Police (5 per cent).

6 As travel to the Australian Territories of Christmas and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands is of an operational nature, it is treated as intrastate travel according to Premier’s Circular 2014/02 (Guidelines for official air travel by Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries and Government Officers).