FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:40): I have a supplementary. Will the minister come back with replies to questions she has not answered, or is she refusing to in relation to the number in her office—internal reviews, external reviews?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Tourism, Minister for the Status of Women) (14:41): The number of FOIs that my office has received? These are questions that are very easy to forget because they are so banal. I am happy to take that question on notice in terms of the number of FOIs my office has received. I do not know. These are matters dealt with by the appropriate FOI officers. They are completely independent of me, but if the honourable member wants to waste more taxpayers' time—we have examples of the opposition requesting FOIs. Does the honourable member want me to include that one as well? I will include the FOI that was requested for information already on the public record in the form of a tabled document—a complete abuse and waste of the public sector's time and money.

The Hon. J.S.L. Dawkins interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: I do not think it is the Hon. Mr Dawkins' turn yet. The Hon. Mr Wade.