❓ Mr. Zempilas questions the Premier regarding the lack of financial transparency surrounding Native Title liabilities in the Department of Premier and Cabinet's annual report, pressing for quantification and public disclosure.

I refer to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet's annual report 2024-25 and note the Government currently faces 26 claimant applications and 146 Native Title determinations, yet the report refuses to disclose an estimate of the financial impact and ask:(a) On what grounds does DPC claim that disclosing a financial estimate of the current state native title liability would ‘seriously prejudice’ the State;(b) Given that administered non-current liabilities for existing settlements already exceed $742 million, can the Premier confirm that the largest potential liability is still unknown;(c) Will the Government commit to a timeline for when these unknown liabilities will finally be quantified and provided to the taxpayers of Western Australia;(d) Does DPC currently maintain a Native Title Compensation Register for the state. If not, does any other State agency maintain such a register; and(e) Has the Government considered developing a Native Title Compensation Register to accurately model the State's native title compensation liability? If not, why not? I refer to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet's annual report 2024-25 and note the Government currently faces 26 claimant applications and 146 Native Title determinations, yet the report refuses to disclose an estimate of the financial impact and ask: (a) On what grounds does DPC claim that disclosing a financial estimate of the current state native title liability would ‘seriously prejudice’ the State; (b) Given that administered non-current liabilities for existing settlements already exceed $742 million, can the Premier confirm that the largest potential liability is still unknown; (c) Will the Government commit to a timeline for when these unknown liabilities will finally be quantified and provided to the taxpayers of Western Australia; (d) Does DPC currently maintain a Native Title Compensation Register for the state. If not, does any other State agency maintain such a register; and (e) Has the Government considered developing a Native Title Compensation Register to accurately model the State's native title compensation liability? If not, why not?