❓ Hon. Donna Faragher asks about the number and nature of extraordinary driver's licences granted in WA. Hon. Kate Doust defers answering, citing the need for consultation with the Attorney General's office.
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EXTRAORDINARY DRIVERS’ LICENCES
I refer to the granting of extraordinary drivers’ licences. (1) How many of these licences have been granted to Western Australian drivers in the past 12 months? (2) How many successful applications for such licences involved drivers who had lost their licences due to a drink-driving offence? (3) How many successful applications involved applicants who had lost their licences due to accumulation of demerit points? (4) What percentage of the total number of these licence applications was successful? Hon KATE DOUST
I refer to the granting of extraordinary drivers’ licences. (1) How many of these licences have been granted to Western Australian drivers in the past 12 months? (2) How many successful applications for such licences involved drivers who had lost their licences due to a drink-driving offence? (3) How many successful applications involved applicants who had lost their licences due to accumulation of demerit points? (4) What percentage of the total number of these licence applications was successful? Hon KATE DOUST
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure advises that it would take some time to provide the information required to answer this question, as consultation with the Attorney General’s office is necessary. The member may, therefore, wish to place the question on notice.
(1) How many of these licences have been granted to Western Australian drivers in the past 12 months? (2) How many successful applications for such licences involved drivers who had lost their licences due to a drink-driving offence? (3) How many successful applications involved applicants who had lost their licences due to accumulation of demerit points? (4) What percentage of the total number of these licence applications was successful? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure advises that it would take some time to provide the information required to answer this question, as consultation with the Attorney General’s office is necessary. The member may, therefore, wish to place the question on notice.
(2) How many successful applications for such licences involved drivers who had lost their licences due to a drink-driving offence? (3) How many successful applications involved applicants who had lost their licences due to accumulation of demerit points? (4) What percentage of the total number of these licence applications was successful? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure advises that it would take some time to provide the information required to answer this question, as consultation with the Attorney General’s office is necessary. The member may, therefore, wish to place the question on notice.
(3) How many successful applications involved applicants who had lost their licences due to accumulation of demerit points? (4) What percentage of the total number of these licence applications was successful? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure advises that it would take some time to provide the information required to answer this question, as consultation with the Attorney General’s office is necessary. The member may, therefore, wish to place the question on notice.
(4) What percentage of the total number of these licence applications was successful? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure advises that it would take some time to provide the information required to answer this question, as consultation with the Attorney General’s office is necessary. The member may, therefore, wish to place the question on notice.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure advises that it would take some time to provide the information required to answer this question, as consultation with the Attorney General’s office is necessary. The member may, therefore, wish to place the question on notice.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure advises that it would take some time to provide the information required to answer this question, as consultation with the Attorney General’s office is necessary. The member may, therefore, wish to place the question on notice.
(1) How many of these licences have been granted to Western Australian drivers in the past 12 months? (2) How many successful applications for such licences involved drivers who had lost their licences due to a drink-driving offence? (3) How many successful applications involved applicants who had lost their licences due to accumulation of demerit points? (4) What percentage of the total number of these licence applications was successful? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure advises that it would take some time to provide the information required to answer this question, as consultation with the Attorney General’s office is necessary. The member may, therefore, wish to place the question on notice.
(2) How many successful applications for such licences involved drivers who had lost their licences due to a drink-driving offence? (3) How many successful applications involved applicants who had lost their licences due to accumulation of demerit points? (4) What percentage of the total number of these licence applications was successful? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure advises that it would take some time to provide the information required to answer this question, as consultation with the Attorney General’s office is necessary. The member may, therefore, wish to place the question on notice.
(3) How many successful applications involved applicants who had lost their licences due to accumulation of demerit points? (4) What percentage of the total number of these licence applications was successful? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure advises that it would take some time to provide the information required to answer this question, as consultation with the Attorney General’s office is necessary. The member may, therefore, wish to place the question on notice.
(4) What percentage of the total number of these licence applications was successful? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure advises that it would take some time to provide the information required to answer this question, as consultation with the Attorney General’s office is necessary. The member may, therefore, wish to place the question on notice.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure advises that it would take some time to provide the information required to answer this question, as consultation with the Attorney General’s office is necessary. The member may, therefore, wish to place the question on notice.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure advises that it would take some time to provide the information required to answer this question, as consultation with the Attorney General’s office is necessary. The member may, therefore, wish to place the question on notice.
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