Ministerial Cars

The Hon. R.A. SIMMS (15:23): Supplementary, and I thank the honourable member for his response—most illuminating. I would like to know whether it is true that only nine of the current ministerial fleet are in fact electric?

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (15:24): I don't believe any of the ministerial fleet are electric at all. I am prepared to have a long discussion with the Hon. Mr Simms, if he likes, about cars. What I know about cars is what I am advised, as opposed to any inbuilt knowledge about cars. I suspect he is talking about the total state fleet as opposed to ministerial fleet. There has been an answer to a question provided to I think the Hon. Mr Parnell in the past in relation to the whole state fleet and that's a much bigger group of cars than whatever it is, 20 or so, that are in the ministerial fleet.

I can assure you that the state fleet is not all Genesis vehicles because they aren't required to carry passengers and the like. I am happy to talk to the honourable member about the MPs car scheme as well, if that is of any interest to him.