Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2018-10-16 Daily Xml

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Answers to Questions

Ministerial Staff Travel

61 The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (2 August 2018).

1. Has the Treasurer circulated guidelines for ministerial and ministerial staff travel? If so, when?

2. Is there a reporting or monitoring process to ensure guidelines are adhered to?

3. Are the guidelines publicly available?

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer): Travel guidelines are contained in Premier's Guideline—Air Travel by Ministers and Their Staff; and Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC) Circular 040 – Air Travel. Both of these documents were last updated in March 2016 and remain current.

DPC Circular 035 – Proactive Disclosure of Regularly Requested Information, outlines the reporting requirements for numerous ministerial and ministerial staff activities including regional, domestic and overseas travel. This circular was last updated in November 2016 and remains current.

These documents are publicly available on the Department of the Premier and Cabinet website: www.dpc.sa.gov.au.