On 28 June 2018, the Acting Minister for Tourism, Hon Alannah MacTiernan, replied:

I thank the member for the question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Tourism.

(1)(a)   Kids free island admission is running from 3 April to 20 September 2018, excluding school holidays. From 3 April to 26 June 2018 inclusive, 2 269 children have travelled by ferry to Rottnest Island with no admission fee charged. The normal admission fee for a child visiting for the day is $6.50. No subsidy was provided to any organisation and no marketing costs were incurred.

(b)       Rottnest Island “Rotto from Day to Dusk” admission discounts are half-price island admissions when arriving on the island after midday during January and February 2018. From 1 January to 28 February 2018, 7 414 people travelled with a discount admission fee of $9 for adults and free for children under “Rotto from Day to Dusk”. The normal admission fee for a day visitor to the island is $18 for an adult and $6.50 for a child. No subsidy was provided to any organisation. Marketing costs incurred were $380.

(c)       The member is asked to refer this part of the question to the Minister for Transport.

(d)       A breakdown of visitor numbers is not available until completion of the campaign, which runs a full year for travel from 17 August 2018 to 16 August 2019.

            The Perth–Broome initiative is a trial and for commercial reasons, including not compromising future initiatives that may be explored on other routes with other airlines, the details are confidential. Its disclosure could cause commercial harm to the state and, more specifically, adversely impact on future negotiations with other airlines to reduce airfares within regional Western Australia. Accordingly, I will notify the Auditor General’s office and both houses of Parliament that part of this question will not be answered as per section 82 of the Financial Management Act.

(e)       The member is asked to refer this part of the question to the Minister for Transport.

(2)–(3) It is difficult to provide a complete answer given that it requires advice from a range of agencies and departments within portfolios held by a number of ministers. If the member would like to be more specific, I will endeavour to answer the question.