Skip to main content
Home
  • The Legislative Assembly meets on 16/04/2024 (01:00 PM)
    Assembly sit 16/04/2024
  • The Legislative Council meets on 16/04/2024 (01:00 PM)
    Council sit 16/04/2024
  • The Public Administration meets on 08/04/2024 (10:00 AM)
    Committee meet 08/04/2024

Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 891 asked in the Legislative Council on 10 September 2020 by Hon Martin Aldridge

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

POLICE — WORKERS' COMPENSATION

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

I refer to the state government's commitment to introduce a police-specific compensation scheme prior to the next state election.

(1) Has cabinet given approval to draft a bill; and, if so, on what date was approval granted?

(2) Is the state government still committed to honouring this election commitment in the remaining weeks of this Parliament?

(3) If yes to (2), why has a potential bill not made it to the top 20 priorities of the government for passage prior to Parliament being prorogued?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

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

(1)–(4) Deliberations of cabinet are confidential. The government is committed to honouring its commitment and is engaging with the Western Australia Police Union of Workers on its delivery. It took the Liberal–National government eight years to develop a proposal, which required our police officers to choose between their existing conditions and the state workers' compensation scheme.

[See page 5687.]