❓ Ms Freeman questions the Education Minister on the provision of security equipment (two-way radios, mobile phones) to cleaners in specific schools, following a 2009 review recommendation. The Minister's response indicates partial compliance and delegates responsibility to individual school principals.
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I refer to the 2009 Review of the Physical Safety of Cleaners in Western Australian Schools and the recommendation that all cleaning staff in large schools be allocated two-way radios plus training to use the radios, and I ask: (a) given that the recommendation said all schools will have this equipment by 30 June 2010, have the following schools been issued with the security alarms, two way radios or mobile phones as per the review's recommendations: (i) Alinjarra Primary School; (ii) Balga Primary School; (iii) Balga Senior High School; (iv) Boyare Primary School; (v) Burbridge School; (vi) Dryandra Primary School; (vii) Gladys Newton School; (viii) Illawarra Primary School; (ix) Koondoola Primary School; (x) North Balga Primary School; (xi) Waddington Primary School; (xii) Warriapendi Primary School; (xiii) Westminster Ed Support Centre; (xiv) Westminster Junior Primary School; and (xv) Westminster Primary School; and (b) if the schools are still without the security alarms, two way radios or mobile phones, when will they be provided with them?
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Answered
7 August 2013
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Education
Response time
49 days
a) Schools were advised in May 2010 that where they believed that cleaner safety was at risk, they should ensure security measures were put in place for cleaners.
· Dryandra Primary School
has supplied their cleaners with two-way radios, and the cleaner-in-charge has a mobile telephone;
· North
Balga
Primary School
has supplied two-way radios to their cleaners.
· All other schools listed have advised that the majority of cleaners or the cleaners in charge have their own mobile telephones.
b) Individual schools will continue to assess the type of personal security measures that will be made available for their cleaners. It is the responsibility of each Principal to provide security measures that meet the needs of their cleaners.
· Dryandra Primary School
has supplied their cleaners with two-way radios, and the cleaner-in-charge has a mobile telephone;
· North
Balga
Primary School
has supplied two-way radios to their cleaners.
· All other schools listed have advised that the majority of cleaners or the cleaners in charge have their own mobile telephones.
b) Individual schools will continue to assess the type of personal security measures that will be made available for their cleaners. It is the responsibility of each Principal to provide security measures that meet the needs of their cleaners.
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