CORONAVIRUS — CONTACT TRACING SYSTEM AUDIT
333. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Premier, yes or no: can the public have any faith that their personal
information will be properly protected by the Premier's government?
Mr M.
McGOWAN replied:
The answer to that is that I now
have what Health provided the Auditor General —
The Department and HSS accepts all
recommendations and note the report highlights many historic items that have
largely been previously addressed or were issues where existing controls were
strengthened. No breach of privacy has occurred in relation to the system,
continuous data cleansing and quality checking is undertaken �
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER: Order, please.
The Premier is giving the answer.
Mr M. McGOWAN: I will read it out again. This is what
the Department of Health has advised, and it apparently advised the Auditor
General —
The Department and HSS accepts all
recommendations and note the report highlights many historic items that have
largely been previously addressed or were issues where existing controls were
strengthened. No breach of privacy has occurred in relation to the system,
continuous data cleansing and quality checking is undertaken, no inaccuracies
in case status impacting management were found and no inappropriate use of the
system was recorded. This demonstrates the robustness of PHOCUS and that the
data is well managed and secure.
That is what the Department of
Health advised the Auditor General and I am totally comfortable that that is
correct. The member was sniping from the sidelines while this was going on. We
put in place things that worked and saved countless lives and jobs in Western Australia.
Now the member continues to snipe and undermine.