G2G PASS — ACCESS — POLICE INVESTIGATION
247. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Police:
My question is to the Minister for
Police.
Mr P. Papalia: Excellent!
Ms M.J. DAVIES: I am glad the
minister is excited!
I refer to WA police accessing
personal data captured by the SafeWA app and today's revelations that
G2G PASS data has been used in the same way. Was the minister or his office
made aware of WA police accessing this data for reasons other than contact
tracing and border management; and, if so, when?
Mr P.
PAPALIA replied:
I
thank the member for her question. The G2G PASS is operated by the Western Australia
Police Force. Community members wanting to travel to Western Australia
request a G2G PASS and as part of the pass application process, they voluntarily provide their details to police.
The G2G PASS application page specifies that disclosure to authorities
is allowed and does not limit it to authorities with COVID-19-related
responsibilities or functions. The G2G PASS application page states that WA
police has to, by law, keep information even after the completion of quarantine
or isolation and even after deletion of the G2G PASS app from an individual's
phone. Individuals are required to consent to this. This information is stated
publicly on the wa.gov.au G2G PASS frequently asked questions page, in the G2G PASS
privacy policy and in the G2G PASS terms of service.
I understand there are questions in
the other place about whether we have access to the Tasmanian version of the G2G PASS. We have never got any information. I have
never been advised of any access to the database because it is a police-run database and an operational
matter. Of course, police access their own database and they do it without
talking to me about accessing it. They do not require advice or approval from
me because it is an operational matter and it is their database, which they
manage.