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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 281 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 June 2021 by Hon Wilson Tucker

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

GOVERNMENT REGIONAL OFFICERS' HOUSING — BROOME

281. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Housing:

I refer the minister to the answer provided to me on Tuesday, 15 June that ''All GROH properties in Broome are currently allocated to client agencies''. I ask again: how many GROH properties are currently vacant in Broome?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

Government Regional Officers' Housing properties are provided to a client agency to meet their need for housing. The client agency determines the allocation of properties to their employees, not the Department of Communities. It is not uncommon that client agencies may have allocated vacant properties to enable them to recruit and deploy suitable employees, including health staff, teachers and police.

The department advises that as at 15 June 2021, 27 GROH properties were vacant and awaiting allocation or reallocation. This includes 21 GROH-leased properties not owned by the department.