POLICE — G2G PASS
431. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer to the
state government's G2G PASS system.
(1) How many G2G
PASS permits have been requested since 1 January 2021?
(2) How many G2G
PASS permits have been approved since 1 January 2021?
(3) How many G2G
PASS permits have been requested for travel into Western Australia from
medium-risk locations since 1 January 2021?
(4) Please
provide a breakdown of G2G PASS permits approved for travel from medium-risk
locations for each approved exemption category since 1 January 2021?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided on behalf
of the Minister for Police.
The Western Australia Police Force
has provided this advice.
(1) The number of
G2G PASS permits requested was 1 050 884.
(2) The number of G2G PASS permits
approved was 891 616.
Note:
the WA Police Force further advises that an individual may make multiple
applications for entry into Western Australia
on G2G PASS and many persons who make application do not travel to Western Australia
for various reasons. Individuals may also enter Western Australia on more than
one occasion on the same G2G PASS approval—for example, freight—and
multiple people, including accompanied children, may be on the same approval.
The application numbers may be revised in the future.
(3)–(4)
Answers to these questions are unable to be provided due to the changes in risk
levels per state in response to changing circumstances and health advice.
Accuracy remains the main focus of
the WA Police Force when releasing data. The WA Police Force maintains high-level data to provide operational
and tactical intelligence to inform critical decision-making and direct
resource allocation. Due to the necessary changes to the directions, collection
processes and development of systems, the
information requested cannot be verified or validated to a standard that would
provide a sufficient level of confidence on
its accuracy for the purposes of statistical reporting. The process to
consolidate and validate these statistics would be overly onerous and require
the diversion of police resources from other tasks.