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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 276 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 23 June 2021 by Ms M.J. Davies

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

SAFEWA APP — ACCESS — POLICE INVESTIGATION

276. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Health:

I have a supplementary question. Why has there been such a failure in communication between the minister and the top officers of his department? This was critical information that I suspect was not being shared due to the election campaign.

Mr R.H. COOK replied:

At all times the Department of Health and the WA Police Force work closely together during this COVID-19 pandemic, and have done a remarkable job. I thank them for all their incredibly hard work. A lot of discussions go on in the background to continue to facilitate the mission of keeping Western Australians safe. But the member is quite correct; there was something going on at that time, and, as she says, it was the election campaign. We were in caretaker mode —

Ms M.J. Davies: You were meeting with them regularly.

Mr R.H. COOK: That is right. We met regularly, but obviously we met only for the purposes of continuing to conduct meetings of the emergency management team and to make decisions with regard to COVID-19 or other related matters, which were quite appropriately dealt with within and between departments.