Question Time

Government Advertising

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:26): My question is to the Premier. Why, for the first time since 2008-09, does the latest Department of the Premier and Cabinet Annual Report not include detailed information about the cost to taxpayers of government advertising, including an itemised list of agency expenditure?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Minister for the Arts) (14:26): I will check whether that is in fact true—

Ms Chapman: Do you want to have a look? Here it is.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: —because we do have to check these things when they are assertions—

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader is warned for the second and final time.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: —made by the deputy leader, but we have routinely answered questions outside of the annual reporting process about those very matters, so they have all been completely and openly disclosed routinely. But I will check to see whether that is in fact the case and, if it is, what the explanation is for it.