❓ Mr. Huston questions the Minister for Child Protection regarding the implementation of OAG recommendations on data security within the child protection case management system, following a critical audit report. The Minister assures progress in addressing deficiencies and replacing the system.
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Office of the Auditor General—Child protection case
management system451.Mr Jonathan Hustonto the Minister for Child Protection:I refer to the March
2025 Office of the Auditor General's report entitledChild Protection Case Management System—Assist, which found significant weaknesses in the
confidentiality and integrity of data. Can the minister assure the house that
all the OAG recommendations, especially those relating to data storage, user
access, logging and monitoring, have met the June 2025 implementation
timeframe?
management system451.Mr Jonathan Hustonto the Minister for Child Protection:I refer to the March
2025 Office of the Auditor General's report entitledChild Protection Case Management System—Assist, which found significant weaknesses in the
confidentiality and integrity of data. Can the minister assure the house that
all the OAG recommendations, especially those relating to data storage, user
access, logging and monitoring, have met the June 2025 implementation
timeframe?
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16 September 2025
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Mrs Jessica Stojkovski replied:I thank the member
for the question. This question was also raised during estimates recently. The
Auditor General did a report into the management system. I commend the
department, which had already instigated a project to replace the Assist client
management system. The department worked really closely with the Auditor
General and her team when she identified deficiencies in practice. Those
deficiencies were things like saving documents to desktops. Those practices have
actually ceased. The department has worked with the Auditor General to make
sure that those holes have been addressed at a practice level in the department.
It is continuing with the Assist programto ensure that
we hold the information of some of the most vulnerable people in our state at a
high standard for Western Australians. Yes, we are on progress to replace the
Assist program to make sure that we have very good security around that data.
Office of the Auditor General—Child protection case
management system
for the question. This question was also raised during estimates recently. The
Auditor General did a report into the management system. I commend the
department, which had already instigated a project to replace the Assist client
management system. The department worked really closely with the Auditor
General and her team when she identified deficiencies in practice. Those
deficiencies were things like saving documents to desktops. Those practices have
actually ceased. The department has worked with the Auditor General to make
sure that those holes have been addressed at a practice level in the department.
It is continuing with the Assist programto ensure that
we hold the information of some of the most vulnerable people in our state at a
high standard for Western Australians. Yes, we are on progress to replace the
Assist program to make sure that we have very good security around that data.
Office of the Auditor General—Child protection case
management system
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