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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 765 asked in the Legislative Council on 13 August 2020 by Hon Martin Aldridge

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

CORONAVIRUS — INTERSTATE AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS — EXEMPTIONS

765. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the minister representing the Minister for Police:

I refer to restrictions placed upon entry into Western Australia arising from COVID-19.

(1) Please provide a breakdown of the 6 661 people who were exempt from quarantine since 5 April 2020 based upon data held by police.

(2) How many applications have been made by Western Australian residents to return to Western Australia since 5 April 2020 from —

(a) international applications; and

(b) interstate applications?

(3) Of those identified in (2), how many were declined from —

(a) international applications; and

(b) interstate applications?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister for Police.

The Western Australia Police Force advises that its system has not been established to capture and collate the level of detail sought. Further, for police to provide the available information, it would require the diversion of police resources to manually collate details. If the honourable member places the question on notice, the Western Australia Police Force will identify what information can reasonably be provided without detracting from the police response to the COVID-19 pandemic.