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❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on court facility inspections, including dates and inspection reports. The Attorney General provides inspection dates but declines to table the reports due to sensitive information.

AnsweredQoN 317Legislative Council

Asked

19 June 2025

Member

Hon Nick Goiran

Portfolio

Attorney General

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I refer to my question on notice 76, answered on 20 May 2025, in which the Attorney General confirmed that inspections of court facilities and infrastructure are conducted every six months by the respective Regional or Executive Manager, and I ask: (a) on what dates were the most recent inspections of all metropolitan and regional courts conducted; (b) will the Attorney General table the documents which record the findings of these most recent inspections; and (c) if no to (b), why not?

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Answered

12 August 2025

Responded by

Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General

Response time

4 days

a) Court facilities are subject to various inspections and audits to ensure that the administration, infrastructure, operations and security of each facility is maintained at the required level and to assist in the early identification of any issues. The date of all administrative and infrastructure inspections conducted and planned to the end of 2025 are detailed below:
Location
Jurisdiction
Date Completed
Date Scheduled
1
Albany
Magistrates Court
July 2025
2026
2
Armadale
Magistrates Court
February 2025
2026
3
Broome
Magistrates Court
June 2025
September 2025
4
Bunbury
Magistrates Court
July 2025
2026
5
Busselton
Magistrates Court
July 2025
2026
6
Carnarvon
Magistrates Court
July 2025
November 2025
7
Collie
Magistrates Court
July 2025
2026
8
Derby
Magistrates Court
May 2025
September 2025
9
Esperance
Magistrates Court
February 2025
August 2025
10
Fremantle
Magistrates Court
April 2025
2026
11
Geraldton
Magistrates Court
July 2025
November 2025
12
Joondalup
Magistrates Court
May 2025
2026
13
Kalgoorlie
Magistrates Court
February 2025
August 2025
14
Karratha
Magistrates Court
April 2025
October 2025
15
Katanning
Magistrates Court
July 2025
2026
16
Kununurra
Magistrates Court
September 2024
September 2025
17
Mandurah
Magistrates Court
June 2025
2026
18
Manjimup
Magistrates Court
July 2025
2026
19
Merredin
Magistrates Court
February 2025
October 2025
20
Midland
Magistrates Court
July 2025
2026
21
Moora
Magistrates Court
December 2024
September 2025
22
Narrogin
Magistrates Court
July 2025
2026
23
Northam
Magistrates Court
February 2025
2026
24
Rockingham
Magistrates Court
June 2025
2026
25
South Hedland
Magistrates Court
April 2025
October 2025
26
Stirling Gardens
Supreme Court
May 2025
2026
27
Central Law Courts
Magistrates Court
July 2025
2026
28
Perth Children’s Court
Children’s Court
July 2025
2026
29
David Malcolm Justice Centre
Supreme Court
July 2025
2026
30
State Administrative Tribunal
SAT
July 2025
2026
31
District Court Building
District Court
July 2025
2026
32
Christmas Island
Magistrates Court
July 2025
2026
33
Cocos Island
Magistrates Court
July 2025
2026
b) No.
c) Administration and Infrastructure inspection reports cover many aspects of the court’s operations including personnel issues, security arrangements, contracts, regulatory compliance, building maintenance and stakeholder management. These reports are not available publicly because they contain sensitive information.

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