EMERGENCY SERVICES — TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
376. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the Leader of the House representing the
Minister for Emergency Services:
I thank the minister for the answer
to my question without notice 175, asked on 27 May 2021.
I refer the minister to a document
titled Ferguson report recommendation progress table, dated 23 July
2019, published on the State Emergency Management Committee's website.
This document lists recommendation 14 of the Ferguson report as completed, and
states —
An independent review of the WA
traffic management policy has been completed.
And —
The report of the independent
reviewer is being considered by OEM.
(1) Who was the independent
reviewer and when was the review completed?
(2) What is the status of the Office of Emergency
Management's consideration of the report of the independent
reviewer?
(3) Will the
minister now table the report of the independent review?
Hon SUE ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services
advises the following.
(1) Mr Gary Morgan, AFSM, of the Bushfire and Natural
Hazards Cooperative Research Centre, was engaged in 2017 to undertake an
independent review of the WA traffic management policy, and his report was
completed in November 2017.
(2) Mr Morgan's
report found that Western Australia's arrangements met best practice.
The State Emergency Management Committee
subsequently noted the report and closed the Ferguson report's
recommendation 14 in November 2017.
(3) I ask the honourable member to
place this part of the question on notice.