POLICE — ROTARY
WING AIRCRAFT — AUDITOR
GENERAL'S REPORT
1391. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer to the eleventh report of
the Auditor General, which found the minister's response to Legislative
Council question on notice 1191 ''was not reasonable and therefore not
appropriate''.
(1) When will the
minister provide the information sought by Parliament in the aforementioned
question?
(2) Has the
minister sought advice from the State Solicitor's Office or the
Department of the Premier and Cabinet in relation to this question; and, if so,
on what date was advice received?
(3) What advice was proffered to the
minister by the agencies identified in (2)?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON
replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by
the Minister for Police.
(1)–(3) As
stated in the Auditor General's report, the minister properly sought
advice from the Western Australia Police Force before responding to the
request, and the minister followed the WA Police Force's advice. As
also stated in the report, the minister advised the Auditor General that she
had asked the WA Police Force to seek advice from the Department of the Premier
and Cabinet and the State Solicitor's Office as to whether it is
appropriate for the information to now be provided to Parliament. The WA Police
Force is yet to provide advice.