FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES — MEDIA AND CORPORATE
COMMUNICATIONS
1172. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I refer to Legislative Council
question on notice 924 and question without notice 1150 and the minister's
repeated refusal to provide a breakdown of
staff within the Department of Fire and Emergency Services' media and
corporate communications function, noting that the report that the
minister has referred Parliament to does not contain the information sought.
(1) Will the minister comply with
section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006?
(2) Has the
minister or any member of his office ever directed or encourage DFES to refer
contact from the public to offices of members of Parliament; and, if so, please
provide details?
(3) Has DFES on
any occasion referred members of the public to contact local members of
Parliament when seeking information about fire and other emergencies or
incidents' specific information?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) I was going
to provide an updated answer to Legislative Council question on notice 924 but
only half of it is here so I will not
provide it. I will send it in and provide an updated answer at the end of
question time.
(2)–(3) Not that I am aware
of.