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Legislative Council - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
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Question Time

DEPARTMENTAL TRAVEL

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:22): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Urban Development and Planning a question about travel for the staff of the Department of Planning and Local Government.

Leave granted.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Members will be aware that I asked a range of questions—

The Hon. B.V. Finnigan interjecting:

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: I beg your pardon, Mr Finnegan! Have you got something to say?

The Hon. B.V. Finnigan interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Members will be aware that I asked a range of questions in July this year in relation to the minister's TOD tour of the United States and Europe where he travelled with minister Conlon and a number of departmental staff from both the Department of Planning and Local Government and the Department of Transport. In fact, I think there has been significant speculation about the minister's attendance in certain parts, particularly the Minister for Transport's attendance during that trip. I notice yesterday—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Mr President, 15 conversations are going on here. Call them to order, please.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Ridgway has the floor.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: I noted yesterday that, in the Auditor-General's Report, some $305,000 was spent on travel by the Department of Planning and Local Government. Who travelled with the minister from the Department of Planning and Local Government and what was the cost of their travel on this trip?

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Small Business) (14:24): The Chief Executive Officer—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY: —of the Department of Planning and Local Government, Mr Ian Nightingale, did accompany me on that trip.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! There is no need for everyone else to start bellowing.

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY: I will start again. Mr Ian Nightingale, the Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Planning and Local Government, accompanied me on that trip. I believe that he was the only official from the department to attend. I will take on notice the question relating to the costs for that trip.

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