❓ Ms. Davies questions the Minister for Police regarding G2G PASS application processes and rejections, following the Minister's dismissive comments about concerned applicants. The Minister defends the police and the existing process.
AnsweredQoN 483Legislative Assembly
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CORONAVIRUS —
POLICE — G2G PASS
483. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Police:
I refer to the minister's
response in question time yesterday to a question I asked about Emma Potter and
other distressed G2G applicants who raised their concerns with the process
through the media and who the minister described as ''talkback radio
whingers''.
Has the minister asked the
Commissioner of Police to detail how many G2G PASS applications are made and
rejected, how many multiple times they have been rejected and what would assist
in improving the system, or does the minister prefer to remain wilfully
ignorant on this issue?
POLICE — G2G PASS
483. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Police:
I refer to the minister's
response in question time yesterday to a question I asked about Emma Potter and
other distressed G2G applicants who raised their concerns with the process
through the media and who the minister described as ''talkback radio
whingers''.
Has the minister asked the
Commissioner of Police to detail how many G2G PASS applications are made and
rejected, how many multiple times they have been rejected and what would assist
in improving the system, or does the minister prefer to remain wilfully
ignorant on this issue?
AnswerView source ↗
I
thank the member for her question. That question has been asked by her colleagues
in the upper house and responded to
via my office. The question about the number of applications and the number of
rejections was asked some time ago.
The
process that is in place, which has served well to protect the state against
the incursion of COVID into the state , is that the Chief Health Officer
defines the criteria by which an applicant can make an application for a G2G
PASS. The police assess that application and apply the criteria as dictated by
the Chief Health Officer. That has worked to keep the state safe. I continue to
support the work done by police officers. The suggestion by the opposition on a regular basis that the police are somehow acting
inappropriately in doing this incredibly hard and challenging work is just
appalling. I will defend the police. They do a great job. They are doing a fantastic
job on behalf of the state.
thank the member for her question. That question has been asked by her colleagues
in the upper house and responded to
via my office. The question about the number of applications and the number of
rejections was asked some time ago.
The
process that is in place, which has served well to protect the state against
the incursion of COVID into the state , is that the Chief Health Officer
defines the criteria by which an applicant can make an application for a G2G
PASS. The police assess that application and apply the criteria as dictated by
the Chief Health Officer. That has worked to keep the state safe. I continue to
support the work done by police officers. The suggestion by the opposition on a regular basis that the police are somehow acting
inappropriately in doing this incredibly hard and challenging work is just
appalling. I will defend the police. They do a great job. They are doing a fantastic
job on behalf of the state.
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