❓ Question regarding the tabling of a business case for driver's licence licensing centre changes and whether training companies will also conduct assessments. The Minister confirms training companies will assess, but individual trainers won't test their own students, and a business case is pending.
AnsweredQoN 352Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
DRIVERS'
LICENCES — LICENSING CENTRES
352. Ms R. SAFFIOTI to the
Minister for Transport:
Will the minister table the business case in respect of this
decision; that was the original question. The second part of the supplementary
question is: can the minister confirm that companies that conduct the training
will also be conducting the assessment?
LICENCES — LICENSING CENTRES
352. Ms R. SAFFIOTI to the
Minister for Transport:
Will the minister table the business case in respect of this
decision; that was the original question. The second part of the supplementary
question is: can the minister confirm that companies that conduct the training
will also be conducting the assessment?
AnswerView source ↗
Firstly, we have not done the
business case yet. We will complete the trial and do the business case —
Ms
R. Saffioti : Will you table it?
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : I am not sure, but I will let the member know what we decide
to do. I do not have a problem with that.
Several members interjected.
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : I know the member for Bassendean does not like it.
The
SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : He is the leader of the flat earth society when it comes to
improving service delivery across the state.
Mr
D.J. Kelly interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : Member for Bassendean, you great friend of the worker! You
charge rob levies to help your campaign accounts.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : I will return to the point. The second question is: will the
companies that provide the training conduct the assessing? The answer is that
they will. Will the individual who provides the training be able to do the testing?
The answer is they will not. But I take comfort —
Several members interjected.
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : Just listen to this. I take comfort from the fact that we
will take the example and experience from all of the other Australian states
where this sort of thing has happened because this is not new.
Ms
R. Saffioti : Do you know what happened in Victoria?
The
SPEAKER : Member for West Swan!
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : This is not new. We will make sure that the audit processes
are sound because we want to ensure that we do not jeopardise road safety
outcomes.
business case yet. We will complete the trial and do the business case —
Ms
R. Saffioti : Will you table it?
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : I am not sure, but I will let the member know what we decide
to do. I do not have a problem with that.
Several members interjected.
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : I know the member for Bassendean does not like it.
The
SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : He is the leader of the flat earth society when it comes to
improving service delivery across the state.
Mr
D.J. Kelly interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : Member for Bassendean, you great friend of the worker! You
charge rob levies to help your campaign accounts.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : I will return to the point. The second question is: will the
companies that provide the training conduct the assessing? The answer is that
they will. Will the individual who provides the training be able to do the testing?
The answer is they will not. But I take comfort —
Several members interjected.
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : Just listen to this. I take comfort from the fact that we
will take the example and experience from all of the other Australian states
where this sort of thing has happened because this is not new.
Ms
R. Saffioti : Do you know what happened in Victoria?
The
SPEAKER : Member for West Swan!
Mr
T.R. BUSWELL : This is not new. We will make sure that the audit processes
are sound because we want to ensure that we do not jeopardise road safety
outcomes.
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