Electricity—Whole-of-system plan
395. Hon Dr Steve Thomasto theLeader of the House representing the Minister for Energy and Decarbonisation:
My happy Thursday question without notice for which some notice has been given is to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Energy and Decarbonisation. He has probably been looking forward to it.
I refer to the minister's refusal to provide a transparent answer to either of my questions of 18 June 2025, and specifically the non-answers in relation to my question without notice 368 on the government's whole-of-system plan.
(1) Will the whole-of-system plan be delivered by the end of 2025?
(2) What consultants have been engaged in 2024 and 2025 to deliver the new whole-of-system plan, and how much has each consultant been paid?
(3) What is the total budget for consultants working on the plan up to its release?
(4) Was the answer of "not applicable" to part (4) of question without notice 368 an indication that the whole-of-system plan had been abandoned or simply a snub of the Legislative Council processes?
Hon Stephen Dawson replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of his happy question. Here is my happy answer.
As the question relates to the details of contract payments to date, the information that the honourable member has requested cannot be provided in the time provided, and, as such, should be put on notice.
