❓ A WA parliamentary question examines the WA Police Service's labour agreement with DIMA regarding international police recruits' work experience requirements and application numbers. The answer clarifies the experience requirements and provides application statistics but cannot estimate the impact of a reduced experience threshold.
AnsweredQoN 2085Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
(1) In relation to the Labour agreement between the Western Australian Police Service and the Department of Immigration & Multicultural Affairs (DIMA), was the three year post qualification work experience a request of the Police Service or was it imposed by DIMA?
(2) Did the Police Service agree to amend the Labour Agreement to allow people with less than three years experience to immigrate?
(3) How many expressions of interest and applications have been received by the Police Service from international applicants?
(4) What is the likely estimate of additional numbers of police had the requirement been only 1 year post qualification experience?
(2) Did the Police Service agree to amend the Labour Agreement to allow people with less than three years experience to immigrate?
(3) How many expressions of interest and applications have been received by the Police Service from international applicants?
(4) What is the likely estimate of additional numbers of police had the requirement been only 1 year post qualification experience?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
5 April 2007
Responded by
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
Response time
15 days
(2) No, if an officer had less than 3 years experience when applying for their visa, (ie: 2.9 years) our office needed to apply to DIAC for an exemption. Applications were not accepted by Police Recruiting Branch unless the officer had a minimum of 2.5 years by the closing date of the application process. Due to the timeframes involved in the selection process this was deemed a sufficient amount of time to allow the applicant to progress to a full 3 years experience prior to coming to WA Police. (3) 2005/6 recruitment drive Expressions of Interest - 1604 Applications - 769 2006/7 recruitment drive Expressions of Interest - 1754 Applications - 840 (4) An estimate can not be determined.
(3) 2005/6 recruitment drive Expressions of Interest - 1604 Applications - 769 2006/7 recruitment drive Expressions of Interest - 1754 Applications - 840 (4) An estimate can not be determined.
2006/7 recruitment drive Expressions of Interest - 1754 Applications - 840 (4) An estimate can not be determined.
(4) An estimate can not be determined.
(3) 2005/6 recruitment drive Expressions of Interest - 1604 Applications - 769 2006/7 recruitment drive Expressions of Interest - 1754 Applications - 840 (4) An estimate can not be determined.
2006/7 recruitment drive Expressions of Interest - 1754 Applications - 840 (4) An estimate can not be determined.
(4) An estimate can not be determined.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.