Answers to Questions

Fruit Fly

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:20): I wish to provide answers to questions in regard to the time line of the interaction with the office of the Hon. Nicola Centofanti relating to briefing requests.

I am advised the following: on 22 January 2024, shadow minister Centofanti writes to Minister Scriven requesting a brief on the fruit fly eradication program and information relating to bee deaths that have occurred in the region. On 6 February, Minister Scriven's office responds to this request and advises the shadow minister that her office will be in touch to arrange the briefing. On 8 February, the shadow minister's office manager called and left a message for the minister's office manager to call back. On the same day, 8 February, the minister's office manager called back and left a message with the shadow minister's office manager's mobile to call back to arrange a time.

On 12 February, the minister's adviser messages the shadow minister's office manager requesting some proposed times for the briefing. Also on 12 February, the shadow minister's office manager responds and advises they would email some proposed times. On 28 February, the shadow minister's office manager emails the minister's office with a range of dates for the briefing. On 29 February, the minister's office manager responds and locks in the briefing for 8 March 2024 at 9.30am.

On 7 March, as a result of the declared metropolitan fruit fly outbreak in Salisbury North, the minister's office manager emailed the shadow minister's office manager to advise the briefing will need to be rescheduled. A reply from the shadow minister's office manager was received advising they understand. On 22 March, the minister's office manager emailed the shadow minister's office manager requesting some dates and times over the next two weeks so that a briefing could be organised. No response to this email was ever received.

On 13 May, the shadow minister's assistant calls Minister Scriven's office manager requesting a briefing. On 13 May, again pointing out that that is this week for both when the shadow minister's assistant calls and when my office manager schedules a time for the requested briefing on 12 June from 12.15pm to 1pm. As this provides the relevant information and it is now recorded in Hansard I suggest that a further formal tabling of documents is unnecessary.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: There is no additional reason to table this particular document that I just answered.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!