Parliamentary Questions & Answers

Question On Notice No. 193 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 3 August 2021 by Ms M.J. Davies

Question Directed to the: Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Corrective Services
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Tabled Paper No: 459- View tabled paper

Question

I refer to all agencies or departments under the Minister's responsibility and I ask for the period 30 June 2017 to date:

(a) How many traffic infringements have been received by employees for any taxpayer funded vehicle within any department or agency? Please detail each offence by financial year, cost of infringement and damage caused to the vehicle;

(b) For those in (a) please detail:

(i) Cost of infringement;

(ii) Damage caused to the vehicle;

(iii) If the vehicle needed replacement or repairs and if yes, the cost(s) associated;

(iv) If any injuries occurred, to whom and what type of injury;

(v) If the driver could not be identified; and

(vi) If WA Police seized the vehicle and for how long; and

Answered on 7 September 2021

Corrective Services

Please refer to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 191

Supervised Release Review Board (SRRB)

(a) 0

(b) n/a

Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services

(a) 2017 - nil

2018 - nil

2019 - nil

2020 - nil

2021 - nil

(b) n/a

Energy Policy WA (EPWA)

(a) There were three (3) infringements received by Energy Policy WA employees during this period.

All three (3) infringements were received in the 2020-21 financial year.

(b) The details of the infringements are as follows.

(i) Infringement Number: SCZ60209A0 – $400.00

Infringement Number: SCZ66073A9 – $400.00

Infringement Number: SDD79973A3 – $200.00

(ii) Nil.

(iii) Not applicable.

(iv) Not applicable.

(v) Not applicable. The driver was identified for all instances.

(vi) Not applicable.

2018-19 – Not applicable, as Energy Policy WA was not established until September 2019.

2019-20 – $0. No infringements received.

2020-21 – $1,000.00

Horizon Power

(a) In 2020, one speeding infringement for $100 was issued to, and paid by, an employee operating a Horizon Power vehicle for exceeding the speed limit by under 10km per hour. No damage was incurred to the vehicle.

(b) The table below provides the additional details requested.

	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021 to date
i. Infringement Costs	Nil	Nil	Nil	$100	Nil
ii. Vehicle Damage	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nil	N/A
iii. Replacement/ Repair Costs	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nil	N/A
iv. Injuries Incurred	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nil	N/A
v. Driver Identified	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	N/A
vi. Vehicle Seized by WA Police	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nil	N/A

(c) The table below show the total value of infringements by financial year, however, the full amount was paid by the employee responsible.

	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021 to date
Total Value of Infringements	Nil	Nil	Nil	$100	Nil

Western Power

(a) Western Power employees have received 178 infringements since 30 June 2017. All Western Power drivers who received an infringement were identified during the reporting period and identification confirmed with police. Fines and points penalties are the responsibility of the driver, and therefore Western Power does not keep these records.

2017 – 43 infringements, including:
- Speeding
- Driving in an emergency stopping lane
- Drive contrary to traffic lane arrows at intersection
2018 - 42 infringements, including:
- Speeding
- Contravene a red arrow signal by proceeding beyond the stop line
- Drive contrary to traffic lane arrows at intersection
2019 – 37 infringements, including:
- Speeding
- Contravene a red arrow signal by proceeding beyond the stop line
- Drive contrary to traffic lane arrows at intersection
2020 – 38 infringements, including:
- Contravene Section 23 Litter Act 1979 dispose of a cigarette butt -(Keep Australia Beautiful Council)
- Speeding
- Contravene a red arrow signal by proceeding beyond the stop line
- Drive contrary to traffic lane arrows at intersection
2021 - 18 infringements, including:
- Speeding
- Drive contrary to traffic lane arrows at intersection

(b) (i) N/A (ii) N/A (iii) N/A (iv) N/A (v) N/A (vi) N/A

Synergy

(a) 70.

(b) [see tabled paper no ]

(c) Total value of infringements by each financial year:

(i) Financial year 2017-2018 - $4,363.50,

(ii) Financial year 2018-2019 - $5,790.65,

(iii) Financial year 2019-2020 - $3,840.70, and

(iv) Financial year 2020-2021 - $5,345.70

However, all fines were paid by the employee responsible.

Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS)

The information provided is from 1 July 2018 – 3 August 2021

(a) There have been 52 traffic infringements received by employees for taxpayer funded vehicles at the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS).

2019 – 2020: Speeding
2019 – 2020: Speeding
2019 – 2020: Speeding
2019 – 2020: Speeding
2019 – 2020: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Contravene a red arrow signal by proceeding beyond the stop line
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding
2020 – 2021: Speeding

See (b) below for cost of infringement and damage caused to the vehicle.

(b)

(i) The following fines were paid by the registered drivers of the vehicles not the department:

$400.00
$200.00
$200.00
$400.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$400.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$400.00
$200.00
$400.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$400.00
$200.00
$400.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$224.80
$600.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$400.00

(ii) No damage has been caused.

(iii) No replacement or repairs to the vehicles have occurred.

(iv) No injuries have occurred.

(v) All drivers could be identified.

(vi) There were no vehicles seized by the WA Police.

(c)

2019 – 2020: $1,400.00

2020-2021: $11,024.80

Mineral Research Institute WA (MRIWA)

(a)-(c) Not applicable. MRIWA does not have a taxpayer funded vehicle

Gold Corporation

(a) 1

(b)

(i) Nil (the infringement was redirected to the employee driving the vehicle)

(ii) N/A

(iii) N/A

(iv) N/A

(v) N/A

(vi) N/A