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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 454 asked in the Legislative Council on 10 August 2021 by Hon Colin De Grussa

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

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.