Home›Questions on Notice›QoN 2918

❓ Hon Ken Travers questions the Minister for Police's comments on boating under the influence, given the Department of Transport's responsibility. He also challenges the Minister's justification for not implementing random breath testing for skippers.

AnsweredQoN 2918Legislative Council

Asked

19 March 2015

Member

Hon Ken Travers

Portfolio

Police

QuestionView source ↗

I refer to question without notice No. 50, and I ask: (a) can the Minister explain why, if the Department of Transport is the agency responsible for persons impaired by drugs and/or alcohol while in control of a boat, did the Minister make comment on this issue to The West Australian newspaper; and (b) on what basis did the Minister make the claim that there had not been enough serious crashes caused by intoxicated skippers to warrant the cost of changing laws and funding police to do random breath testing of skippers?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered

21 April 2015

Responded by

Attorney General representing the Minister for Police

Response time

33 days

(a)-(b)
The Department of Transport has responsibility for persons impaired by drugs and alcohol while in control of a boat, and as such, requests for data on offences of this nature should be directed to the Minister for Transport.

View on Parliament of WA