❓ Ken Baston asks about information sharing practices in the Hedland liquor strategy and suggests a similar approach for Kununurra, to which the Minister responds detailing current practices in both locations.
AnsweredQoN 689Legislative Council
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HEDLAND LIQUOR STRATEGY
689. Hon KEN BASTON to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer to the answer to yesterday's
question without notice 666 about the highly successful Hedland liquor
strategy.
(1) How is
information shared between police and licensees that enables the Hedland liquor
strategy to, as a collective, ban identifiable problem drinkers from buying
alcohol for 24 hours?
(2) Considering
the Kununurra liquor accord meets only every three months, would the minister
support Kununurra police sharing relevant information on a daily basis, as
occurs in Hedland, which would also enable Kununurra licensees to ban
identifiable problem drinkers from buying alcohol?
689. Hon KEN BASTON to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer to the answer to yesterday's
question without notice 666 about the highly successful Hedland liquor
strategy.
(1) How is
information shared between police and licensees that enables the Hedland liquor
strategy to, as a collective, ban identifiable problem drinkers from buying
alcohol for 24 hours?
(2) Considering
the Kununurra liquor accord meets only every three months, would the minister
support Kununurra police sharing relevant information on a daily basis, as
occurs in Hedland, which would also enable Kununurra licensees to ban
identifiable problem drinkers from buying alcohol?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by
the Minister for Police. The Western Australia Police Force advises as follows.
(1) Information
is provided by the individual licensees to South Hedland police, which will
then share it with other licensees. The information provided to police is
typically vehicle registrations occupied by people the licensee considers may
seek to continue purchasing alcohol from other licensed premises in breach of liquor restrictions or the Liquor Control Act
1988. The decision to ban any person from purchasing alcohol remains
with the licensee.
(2) The
capacity in Kununurra for licensees to access information relating to the
purchase of takeaway liquor occurs at the point of sale via the takeaway
alcohol management system—TAMS—which allows for automated
access to information relevant to the sale of takeaway alcohol.
some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by
the Minister for Police. The Western Australia Police Force advises as follows.
(1) Information
is provided by the individual licensees to South Hedland police, which will
then share it with other licensees. The information provided to police is
typically vehicle registrations occupied by people the licensee considers may
seek to continue purchasing alcohol from other licensed premises in breach of liquor restrictions or the Liquor Control Act
1988. The decision to ban any person from purchasing alcohol remains
with the licensee.
(2) The
capacity in Kununurra for licensees to access information relating to the
purchase of takeaway liquor occurs at the point of sale via the takeaway
alcohol management system—TAMS—which allows for automated
access to information relevant to the sale of takeaway alcohol.
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