GOVERNMENT REGIONAL OFFICERS' HOUSING —
SECURITY
454. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I refer to Government Regional
Officers' Housing.
(1) Are there
minimum security requirements for GROH properties?
(2) If yes to
(1), please table the minimum security requirements; and, if no to (1), why are
there no security requirements?
(3) How many
houses did not meet the minimum security requirements at the last audit of
GROH?
(4) As of 30 June
2021, how many GROH properties were fitted with —
(a) security
screens on all doors;
(b) front door
with deadlock; and
(c) security
screens on all windows?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(3) Yes,
GROH dwellings comply with the minimum security provisions set out in
regulation 12B of the Residential Tenancies
Regulations 1989. GROH properties that are leased from private landlords are
audited prior to occupation to ensure that minimum security provisions
are met. If a GROH leased property does not meet the minimum security
provisions, the decision to accept the leased property sits with the client agency, or an alternative property is sought.
Individual client agencies may also provide additional security
provisions to their employees.
(4) This
information is not collected in a centralised database and it would require
individual analysis of each GROH property.
This would take significant time and effort and would be unreasonable to divert
resources away from core business.