Questions on Notice
Some questions get dodged on talkback and ignored in the inbox. A Question on Notice is different. It is a formal written question your local MP puts to a government minister, who has to answer it in writing, on the public record. You bring the facts, Bevan asks the question.
They cannot ignore it. A phone call can go unanswered. This cannot. The minister has to respond, in writing.
It is on the record. The question and the answer are published in Parliament, where anyone can look them up.
Silence shows too. If they dodge it or refuse to answer, that is on the record as well. A straight question makes a non-answer obvious.
How it works, start to finish
You tell us what is not adding up.
We turn it into a precise question the minister has to answer.
Bevan lodges it in Parliament.
The minister answers in writing, on the record.
We bring the answer back to you.
What we need from you
The sharper the facts, the harder the question is to dodge. You do not need all of this. Even one solid fact and a date gives us something to work with.
- What happened, and when. A date makes it stronger.
- Who or what it affects, and how.
- Any number you have: a cost, a count, an amount.
- The part of government it is about, if you know, like fisheries, health, roads or education.
- Anything in writing: a letter, an email, a notice, a bill.
See it on the record
Every Question on Notice Bevan lodges, and the answer, is tracked on this site and in the official Hansard.
Tell us what needs asking
Send our team the facts, and we will do the rest. If it can be turned into a question, we will put it to the minister.
Send it to our teamA Question on Notice is a written question to a minister, answered in writing and published in Parliament. Bevan asks it on your behalf. What a minister can be asked is set by the rules of the Legislative Assembly.