13922 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Seniors

Written Question

Published date: 03 Apr 2025

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Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	13922 (2025)
Question asked:	20 Mar 2025
Member asking:	Camilla Belich
Portfolio:	Minister for Seniors
Minister replying:	Hon Casey Costello
Answer received:	30 Mar 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_13922_2025
Document guid:	d38d5554-f58d-4d89-8254-f422b8ad0cc0

13922 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Seniors: On how many occasions, if any, since 27 November 2023, has the Minister intervened in, overruled, or influenced a decision made by any agency under their responsibility, and what were the circumstances of each instance?

Hon Casey Costello: The roles and responsibility of a Minister are set out in the Cabinet Manual, which is available on the following website: Ministers and the public service | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) As a Minister, I am responsible for deciding both the direction of and the priorities for the agencies for which I hold portfolio responsibilities and I may give those agencies lawful directions. As a result, there are occasions on which I have appropriately had input into the agencies’ actions but these inputs are not collated or registered in a way that could be included in a single answer.