Street lighting—Copper cable theft 926. Hon Julie Freeman to the minister representing the Minister for Police: I refer to the ongoing streetlight outages across the Perth metropolitan area and surrou

AnsweredQoN 926Legislative Council
Asked
22 October 2025
Portfolio
Police

QuestionView source ↗

Street lighting—Copper cable theft
926. Hon Julie Freeman to
the minister representing the Minister for Police:
I refer to the
ongoing streetlight outages across the Perth metropolitan area and surrounding
regions.
(1) How many individuals have been identified,
charged and prosecuted in relation to copper cable theft from streetlighting
infrastructure this year to date?
(2) What is the prescribed penalty for such
offences referred to in (1)?
(3) How many scrap
metal dealers have been identified, charged and prosecuted for offences related
to the receipt, possession or sale of stolen copper cable from
streetlighting infrastructure this year to date?
(4) What is the prescribed penalty for such
offences referred to in (3)?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question. I provide the following
answer on behalf of the minister representing the Minister for Police.
(1)–(4) The Western Australia Police Force
is unable to provide a response within the required timeframe, and has advised
that the honourable member may wish to place the question on notice.

Explore WA Government Data

Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.

Explore more