❓ Question on Notice regarding the WA State Hazard Plan - Energy Supply Disruption, specifically questioning the use of emergency powers while the alert level was at Level 1 (Yellow) and the lack of public notification if the alert level was changed.

I refer to the State Hazard Plan - Energy Supply Disruption, which outlines the response at a state level to fuel supply disruptions and identified the Coordinator of Energy as the responsible Hazard Management Agency (HMA) for managing liquid fuel supply disruptions, and noting that the Minister advised in answer to my Parliamentary Question on 19 March that the current alert level under the plan is set at ""...currently set at level 1, yellow, reflecting an increased need to collaborate across industry in response to acute shortages in regional locations.", and noting that the Minister on 1 April 2026 sought an order from the Governor to utilise emergency powers under theFuel, Energy and Power Resources Act, I ask:(a) Did the triggering of emergency powers take place when the state's alert level under the state plan was still Level 1 - Yellow;(b) Why was the escalation alert level not changed to "Level 2 - Amber" or "Level 3 - Red", given that page 24 of the plan, which outlines responses, identified under "Level 2 - Amber" use of "Emergency related provisions under contracts, licences or industry specific legislation" at an industry/market level and "Implementation of State level 2 incident arrangements established under the State emergency management legislative and policy famework." at a government level, and identified under "Level 3 - Red" the government's use of "...exercise of emergency powers and emergency regulations", a response not available under the lower alert levels; and(c) In relation to (b), if the alert level was changed, when was the public notified? I refer to the State Hazard Plan - Energy Supply Disruption, which outlines the response at a state level to fuel supply disruptions and identified the Coordinator of Energy as the responsible Hazard Management Agency (HMA) for managing liquid fuel supply disruptions, and noting that the Minister advised in answer to my Parliamentary Question on 19 March that the current alert level under the plan is set at ""...currently set at level 1, yellow, reflecting an increased need to collaborate across industry in response to acute shortages in regional locations.", and noting that the Minister on 1 April 2026 sought an order from the Governor to utilise emergency powers under theFuel, Energy and Power Resources Act, I ask: (a) Did the triggering of emergency powers take place when the state's alert level under the state plan was still Level 1 - Yellow; (b) Why was the escalation alert level not changed to "Level 2 - Amber" or "Level 3 - Red", given that page 24 of the plan, which outlines responses, identified under "Level 2 - Amber" use of "Emergency related provisions under contracts, licences or industry specific legislation" at an industry/market level and "Implementation of State level 2 incident arrangements established under the State emergency management legislative and policy famework." at a government level, and identified under "Level 3 - Red" the government's use of "...exercise of emergency powers and emergency regulations", a response not available under the lower alert levels; and (c) In relation to (b), if the alert level was changed, when was the public notified?