❓ This WA parliamentary question concerns the effectiveness of a driver's licence program for Aboriginal people in Halls Creek and Kununurra, focusing on its impact on licensing, offending, and imprisonment.
AnsweredQoN 1283Legislative Council
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In relation to the driver's licence program in Halls Creek and Kununurra, I ask: (a) how long has the program been running; (b) how has the success or otherwise of the program been measured: (i) has the program been successful according to these criteria; (c) what have been the overall benefits of the program; (d) what have been the negative consequences of the program, if any; (e) has the program helped to reduce the number of people fined for driver's licence related offences: (i) if yes to (e), what are the figures; (f) how many driver's licences have been issued as a direct result of the program; (g) how many people have been kept out of prison as a result of the program; and (h) will the driver's licence program continue: (i) if no to (h), why not?
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Answered
12 August 2014
Response time
56 days
(a) The provision of driver training and education services for Aboriginal people in contact with the justice system in Halls Creek and Kununurra has been operating since June 2013.
(b) The number of Aboriginal people participating in the program and the proportion that obtain a driver's licence.
(i) Yes.
(c) Enabling Aboriginal people in contact with the justice system to obtain a driver's licence.
(d) None that I have been advised of.
(e) it is anticipated that the program will reduce the number of people fined or jailed for driving without a driver's licence.
(i) Unable to be verified by the Department of the Attorney General.
(f) 180 people are progressing through the six steps of the Department of Transport Graduated Driver Training and Licensing System and at the 31 March 2014 a total of 11 people had gained or regained a motor driver's licence.
(g) This is not a performance indicator for the project and hence is not measured.
(h) The Halls Creek and Kununurra projects will continue in 2014/15.
(i) Not applicable.
(b) The number of Aboriginal people participating in the program and the proportion that obtain a driver's licence.
(i) Yes.
(c) Enabling Aboriginal people in contact with the justice system to obtain a driver's licence.
(d) None that I have been advised of.
(e) it is anticipated that the program will reduce the number of people fined or jailed for driving without a driver's licence.
(i) Unable to be verified by the Department of the Attorney General.
(f) 180 people are progressing through the six steps of the Department of Transport Graduated Driver Training and Licensing System and at the 31 March 2014 a total of 11 people had gained or regained a motor driver's licence.
(g) This is not a performance indicator for the project and hence is not measured.
(h) The Halls Creek and Kununurra projects will continue in 2014/15.
(i) Not applicable.
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