❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Minister's awareness and action (or lack thereof) concerning a domain name similar to the official Transperth website that potentially exposes children to inappropriate content. The question implies negligence on the part of the Minister and their department.
⏳ Awaiting AnswerQoN 2863Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
(a) how long has the Minister, the Minister’s office or Department, known about this issue;
(b) why did the Minister’s office or Department not have the foresight to purchase this domain, which is almost identical to the official Transperth website, at an earlier date so as to avoid this problem;
(c) does the Minister have any plans to purchase this domain; and
(i) if yes, has any work progressed on this purchase and how much is being spent on the domain; and
(ii) if not, why not;
(d) does the Minister admit that there is a significant chance that young children may accidentally come across this site when searching for the official website of Transperth and may be exposed to material of an adult and sexual nature; and
(i) if yes, why has nothing been done about this situation at this time; and
(e) if the Minister was not aware of this matter, why is it that the Minister’s Office or Department has not performed as basic an administrative task as checking URLs which can be accidentally accessed when looking for the official Transperth website?
Answered on
(b) why did the Minister’s office or Department not have the foresight to purchase this domain, which is almost identical to the official Transperth website, at an earlier date so as to avoid this problem;
(c) does the Minister have any plans to purchase this domain; and
(i) if yes, has any work progressed on this purchase and how much is being spent on the domain; and
(ii) if not, why not;
(d) does the Minister admit that there is a significant chance that young children may accidentally come across this site when searching for the official website of Transperth and may be exposed to material of an adult and sexual nature; and
(i) if yes, why has nothing been done about this situation at this time; and
(e) if the Minister was not aware of this matter, why is it that the Minister’s Office or Department has not performed as basic an administrative task as checking URLs which can be accidentally accessed when looking for the official Transperth website?
Answered on
AnswerView source ↗
⏳
This question is awaiting a response from the Minister.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.