❓ Mr. Hyde questions the Minister for Police about the estimated cost and budget provision for the Police Service's computer aided dispatch and communications project (CADCOM). The Minister responds, highlighting a significant funding shortfall and criticizes the previous government's financial management of the project.
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POLICE SERVICE, COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH AND COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT 84. Mr HYDE to the Minister for Police: (1) What is the estimated cost of establishing the computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service? (2) What budget provision has been made to meet this cost? Several members interjected. Mrs ROBERTS
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It seems that some members opposite chose not to pay attention yesterday when a question was asked of me about the data communications technology. The question asked by the member for Perth is an excellent one. (1)-(2) The computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service is part of the Delta communications and information technology, or DCAT, program but it is funded separately. The estimated cost of getting the CADCOM system up and running is $126 million over seven years. However, the confirmed forward estimate, the amount provided in future budgets for this project, is only $72 million. This means that once again we are facing a huge shortfall - in this case the gap is $54 million. Mr Omodei: It changes every day. Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
POLICE SERVICE, COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH AND COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT
(1) What is the estimated cost of establishing the computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service? (2) What budget provision has been made to meet this cost? Several members interjected. Mrs ROBERTS replied: It seems that some members opposite chose not to pay attention yesterday when a question was asked of me about the data communications technology. The question asked by the member for Perth is an excellent one. (1)-(2) The computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service is part of the Delta communications and information technology, or DCAT, program but it is funded separately. The estimated cost of getting the CADCOM system up and running is $126 million over seven years. However, the confirmed forward estimate, the amount provided in future budgets for this project, is only $72 million. This means that once again we are facing a huge shortfall - in this case the gap is $54 million. Mr Omodei: It changes every day. Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
(2) What budget provision has been made to meet this cost? Several members interjected. Mrs ROBERTS replied: It seems that some members opposite chose not to pay attention yesterday when a question was asked of me about the data communications technology. The question asked by the member for Perth is an excellent one. (1)-(2) The computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service is part of the Delta communications and information technology, or DCAT, program but it is funded separately. The estimated cost of getting the CADCOM system up and running is $126 million over seven years. However, the confirmed forward estimate, the amount provided in future budgets for this project, is only $72 million. This means that once again we are facing a huge shortfall - in this case the gap is $54 million. Mr Omodei: It changes every day. Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Several members interjected. Mrs ROBERTS replied: It seems that some members opposite chose not to pay attention yesterday when a question was asked of me about the data communications technology. The question asked by the member for Perth is an excellent one. (1)-(2) The computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service is part of the Delta communications and information technology, or DCAT, program but it is funded separately. The estimated cost of getting the CADCOM system up and running is $126 million over seven years. However, the confirmed forward estimate, the amount provided in future budgets for this project, is only $72 million. This means that once again we are facing a huge shortfall - in this case the gap is $54 million. Mr Omodei: It changes every day. Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Mrs ROBERTS replied: It seems that some members opposite chose not to pay attention yesterday when a question was asked of me about the data communications technology. The question asked by the member for Perth is an excellent one. (1)-(2) The computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service is part of the Delta communications and information technology, or DCAT, program but it is funded separately. The estimated cost of getting the CADCOM system up and running is $126 million over seven years. However, the confirmed forward estimate, the amount provided in future budgets for this project, is only $72 million. This means that once again we are facing a huge shortfall - in this case the gap is $54 million. Mr Omodei: It changes every day. Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
It seems that some members opposite chose not to pay attention yesterday when a question was asked of me about the data communications technology. The question asked by the member for Perth is an excellent one. (1)-(2) The computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service is part of the Delta communications and information technology, or DCAT, program but it is funded separately. The estimated cost of getting the CADCOM system up and running is $126 million over seven years. However, the confirmed forward estimate, the amount provided in future budgets for this project, is only $72 million. This means that once again we are facing a huge shortfall - in this case the gap is $54 million. Mr Omodei: It changes every day. Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
(1)-(2) The computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service is part of the Delta communications and information technology, or DCAT, program but it is funded separately. The estimated cost of getting the CADCOM system up and running is $126 million over seven years. However, the confirmed forward estimate, the amount provided in future budgets for this project, is only $72 million. This means that once again we are facing a huge shortfall - in this case the gap is $54 million. Mr Omodei: It changes every day. Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Mr Omodei: It changes every day. Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
POLICE SERVICE, COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH AND COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT
(1) What is the estimated cost of establishing the computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service? (2) What budget provision has been made to meet this cost? Several members interjected. Mrs ROBERTS replied: It seems that some members opposite chose not to pay attention yesterday when a question was asked of me about the data communications technology. The question asked by the member for Perth is an excellent one. (1)-(2) The computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service is part of the Delta communications and information technology, or DCAT, program but it is funded separately. The estimated cost of getting the CADCOM system up and running is $126 million over seven years. However, the confirmed forward estimate, the amount provided in future budgets for this project, is only $72 million. This means that once again we are facing a huge shortfall - in this case the gap is $54 million. Mr Omodei: It changes every day. Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
(2) What budget provision has been made to meet this cost? Several members interjected. Mrs ROBERTS replied: It seems that some members opposite chose not to pay attention yesterday when a question was asked of me about the data communications technology. The question asked by the member for Perth is an excellent one. (1)-(2) The computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service is part of the Delta communications and information technology, or DCAT, program but it is funded separately. The estimated cost of getting the CADCOM system up and running is $126 million over seven years. However, the confirmed forward estimate, the amount provided in future budgets for this project, is only $72 million. This means that once again we are facing a huge shortfall - in this case the gap is $54 million. Mr Omodei: It changes every day. Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Several members interjected. Mrs ROBERTS replied: It seems that some members opposite chose not to pay attention yesterday when a question was asked of me about the data communications technology. The question asked by the member for Perth is an excellent one. (1)-(2) The computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service is part of the Delta communications and information technology, or DCAT, program but it is funded separately. The estimated cost of getting the CADCOM system up and running is $126 million over seven years. However, the confirmed forward estimate, the amount provided in future budgets for this project, is only $72 million. This means that once again we are facing a huge shortfall - in this case the gap is $54 million. Mr Omodei: It changes every day. Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Mrs ROBERTS replied: It seems that some members opposite chose not to pay attention yesterday when a question was asked of me about the data communications technology. The question asked by the member for Perth is an excellent one. (1)-(2) The computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service is part of the Delta communications and information technology, or DCAT, program but it is funded separately. The estimated cost of getting the CADCOM system up and running is $126 million over seven years. However, the confirmed forward estimate, the amount provided in future budgets for this project, is only $72 million. This means that once again we are facing a huge shortfall - in this case the gap is $54 million. Mr Omodei: It changes every day. Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
It seems that some members opposite chose not to pay attention yesterday when a question was asked of me about the data communications technology. The question asked by the member for Perth is an excellent one. (1)-(2) The computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service is part of the Delta communications and information technology, or DCAT, program but it is funded separately. The estimated cost of getting the CADCOM system up and running is $126 million over seven years. However, the confirmed forward estimate, the amount provided in future budgets for this project, is only $72 million. This means that once again we are facing a huge shortfall - in this case the gap is $54 million. Mr Omodei: It changes every day. Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
(1)-(2) The computer aided dispatch and communications project for the Police Service is part of the Delta communications and information technology, or DCAT, program but it is funded separately. The estimated cost of getting the CADCOM system up and running is $126 million over seven years. However, the confirmed forward estimate, the amount provided in future budgets for this project, is only $72 million. This means that once again we are facing a huge shortfall - in this case the gap is $54 million. Mr Omodei: It changes every day. Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Mr Omodei: It changes every day. Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Mrs ROBERTS: The member might have to look at the forward estimates. I will tell the member what the Commissioner of Police said after he read the Opposition spokesman’s $20 million figure in the paper. Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Mr Omodei: It was not said by the Commissioner of Police; it was a misquote. Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Mrs ROBERTS: So The West Australian got it wrong, did it? The commissioner said that he certainly did not give a figure of a $20 million overrun; in fact, there was no overrun. The fact of the matter is that it was unfunded by the previous Government. Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Mr Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
The SPEAKER: The member for Warren-Blackwood will come to order! Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
Mrs ROBERTS: I should also mention that of particular concern is that instructions from the previous Government meant that the infrastructure was financed by a third-party operating lease. Consequently, part of the gap is made up of additional charges of $1.698 million per annum that were not originally anticipated. When we looked at these two projects together, we found a $138 million shortfall in the provision made by the previous Government in its budget.
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