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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 320 asked in the Legislative Council on 22 June 2021 by Hon Tjorn Sibma

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

MINISTERIAL EXPERT COMMITTEE ON ELECTORAL REFORM

320. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Electoral Affairs:

I refer to the work of the Ministerial Expert Committee on Electoral Reform.

(1) How many submissions were received by the committee as at the closure date of 5.00 pm on Tuesday, 8 June?

(2) Were any submissions formally received by the committee after the closure date; and, if so, how many?

(3) As at 9.00 am today, Tuesday, 22 June, how many of the total number of submissions received by the committee have been uploaded onto the government's WA electoral reform webpage?

(4) Have any submissions unrestrained by caveats of confidentiality not been uploaded onto the webpage?

(5) If yes to (4), which submissions, and why have they not been uploaded?

Hon MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:

(1) The committee received 184.

(2) Three submissions were granted 48 hours' additional time.

(3) The committee has uploaded 100.

(4) Yes.

(5) Submissions are still being processed in the order in which they were received.