“There has been an episode previously in Western Australia, commonly referred to as WA Inc., one of the results of which was the introduction of freedom of information laws. Fast forward from there to the last Parliament and we had a situation in which the government routinely failed to provide information. It had all the hallmarks of WA Inc. once again.

This motion is underpinned by three interdependent principles: integrity, transparent and accountability. Just like a three-legged stool, if any one of those particular legs is not there, then it is bad for the state of Western Australia and it will ensure that there will be bad governance.

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