POLICE — FIREARMS AUDIT
292. Hon RICK MAZZA to the minister representing the
Treasurer:
I refer to the audit by the Office
of the Auditor General to determine how effectively the Western Australia
Police Force controls and regulates firearms and the Auditor General's
expectation that this report would be tabled in the first quarter of 2019.
(1) Is the report ready for
tabling; and, if not, why not?
(2) When will the report be tabled?
(3) Why was the report not tabled
within the expected time frame?
(4) To date, how many man-hours
have been dedicated to compiling the report?
(5) What is the cost of those
man-hours?
(6) How many
submissions under the ''Have your say'' tab did the Auditor
General receive for this audit?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(6) The
Auditor General is an independent integrity officer of the Parliament and has
discretion in managing the office's
audit program; therefore, questions such as these should be answered directly
by the Auditor General. The Auditor General highly values members'
interest in this report and, in the interests of streamlining this particular
information request, has helpfully informed my office that the firearms audit
will now be tabled in May 2019. This is a complex audit that has attracted
significant community interest, a summary of which will be provided in the
final report to Parliament. As per standard practice, the cost of this
performance audit will also be included in the final report to Parliament.