❓ The Minister outlines the Government's plans to establish multifunction police stations in remote areas, particularly the Dampier Peninsula and Bidyadanga, as part of a $75 million commitment following the Gordon inquiry. The response details timelines, staffing, and existing policing arrangements.
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I understand that the minister recently visited the Dampier Peninsula to discuss policing services in remote areas. Will the minister advise the House of the Government’s plans? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
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I thank the member for Kimberley for her question. Last week I had the opportunity to visit regional and remote Western Australia. Early in the week I was in the goldfields where I learnt at first hand of the outstanding success of the Government’s DNA legislation. The first hit on our DNA database, which now holds more than 23 500 samples, was in Kalgoorlie and, from that first success, DNA is continuing to play a significant role in identifying offenders, for crimes that range from burglary, hold-ups and fraud to assault, including sexual assault. Later in the week, I travelled further north to Bidyadanga, Beagle Bay, Lombadina, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. As part of its $75 million commitment to the Gordon inquiry, the Government is establishing nine multifunction police stations over the next three years. It is planned that two of the nine police stations will be located in the West Kimberley, with one at Bidyadanga and one on the Dampier Peninsula. Bidyadanga, which, with a permanent population of 700 people is the largest Aboriginal community in our State, is one of the communities in which we plan to build a multifunction police station. The station is due to commence in 2004-05 and will deliver a significant and permanent police presence in the community. Policing is currently provided to Bidyadanga by patrols from Broome and by senior Aboriginal police liaison officer Gordon Marshall, who lives in the community and who manages the police post and the community’s warden scheme. Although senior APLO Marshall and the wardens do an outstanding job, as an interim strategy Commander Lampard of the north eastern region is currently considering placing a police officer in the community prior to the establishment of the new police station. I also visited the communities of Beagle Bay, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. Lombadina-Djarindjin has been identified as a possible location for the second new police station on the Dampier Peninsula. Lombadina would be well suited to service not only the Lombadina-Djarindjin communities, but also the communities at One Arm Point and Beagle Bay. This facility is due to commence in 2005-06 and will be staffed by senior experienced police officers of sergeant and senior sergeant rank. The Lombadina-Djarindjin and One Arm Point communities have never had a permanent police presence so the Government’s plan to build a new police station will provide these communities with ready access to police for the first time. I am also pleased to advise that following my visit to Balgo earlier this year, the Government has established a permanent police presence in that community. Back-to-back patrols now commence at Balgo rather than Halls Creek, which means that officers no longer leave Balgo until a replacement crew has arrived from Halls Creek. It is planned to continue this arrangement until a new police station - another one of the nine - is established in Balgo in 2004. Although there is clearly much work ahead, the Gallop Government is committed to making these communities safer by providing a permanent police presence and state-of-the-art police stations. I take this opportunity to place on the record the Gallop Government’s appreciation of the outstanding work of our police officers, Aboriginal aids and wardens who serve and work with these communities under truly challenging conditions.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I thank the member for Kimberley for her question. Last week I had the opportunity to visit regional and remote Western Australia. Early in the week I was in the goldfields where I learnt at first hand of the outstanding success of the Government’s DNA legislation. The first hit on our DNA database, which now holds more than 23 500 samples, was in Kalgoorlie and, from that first success, DNA is continuing to play a significant role in identifying offenders, for crimes that range from burglary, hold-ups and fraud to assault, including sexual assault. Later in the week, I travelled further north to Bidyadanga, Beagle Bay, Lombadina, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. As part of its $75 million commitment to the Gordon inquiry, the Government is establishing nine multifunction police stations over the next three years. It is planned that two of the nine police stations will be located in the West Kimberley, with one at Bidyadanga and one on the Dampier Peninsula. Bidyadanga, which, with a permanent population of 700 people is the largest Aboriginal community in our State, is one of the communities in which we plan to build a multifunction police station. The station is due to commence in 2004-05 and will deliver a significant and permanent police presence in the community. Policing is currently provided to Bidyadanga by patrols from Broome and by senior Aboriginal police liaison officer Gordon Marshall, who lives in the community and who manages the police post and the community’s warden scheme. Although senior APLO Marshall and the wardens do an outstanding job, as an interim strategy Commander Lampard of the north eastern region is currently considering placing a police officer in the community prior to the establishment of the new police station. I also visited the communities of Beagle Bay, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. Lombadina-Djarindjin has been identified as a possible location for the second new police station on the Dampier Peninsula. Lombadina would be well suited to service not only the Lombadina-Djarindjin communities, but also the communities at One Arm Point and Beagle Bay. This facility is due to commence in 2005-06 and will be staffed by senior experienced police officers of sergeant and senior sergeant rank. The Lombadina-Djarindjin and One Arm Point communities have never had a permanent police presence so the Government’s plan to build a new police station will provide these communities with ready access to police for the first time. I am also pleased to advise that following my visit to Balgo earlier this year, the Government has established a permanent police presence in that community. Back-to-back patrols now commence at Balgo rather than Halls Creek, which means that officers no longer leave Balgo until a replacement crew has arrived from Halls Creek. It is planned to continue this arrangement until a new police station - another one of the nine - is established in Balgo in 2004. Although there is clearly much work ahead, the Gallop Government is committed to making these communities safer by providing a permanent police presence and state-of-the-art police stations. I take this opportunity to place on the record the Gallop Government’s appreciation of the outstanding work of our police officers, Aboriginal aids and wardens who serve and work with these communities under truly challenging conditions.
I thank the member for Kimberley for her question. Last week I had the opportunity to visit regional and remote Western Australia. Early in the week I was in the goldfields where I learnt at first hand of the outstanding success of the Government’s DNA legislation. The first hit on our DNA database, which now holds more than 23 500 samples, was in Kalgoorlie and, from that first success, DNA is continuing to play a significant role in identifying offenders, for crimes that range from burglary, hold-ups and fraud to assault, including sexual assault. Later in the week, I travelled further north to Bidyadanga, Beagle Bay, Lombadina, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. As part of its $75 million commitment to the Gordon inquiry, the Government is establishing nine multifunction police stations over the next three years. It is planned that two of the nine police stations will be located in the West Kimberley, with one at Bidyadanga and one on the Dampier Peninsula. Bidyadanga, which, with a permanent population of 700 people is the largest Aboriginal community in our State, is one of the communities in which we plan to build a multifunction police station. The station is due to commence in 2004-05 and will deliver a significant and permanent police presence in the community. Policing is currently provided to Bidyadanga by patrols from Broome and by senior Aboriginal police liaison officer Gordon Marshall, who lives in the community and who manages the police post and the community’s warden scheme. Although senior APLO Marshall and the wardens do an outstanding job, as an interim strategy Commander Lampard of the north eastern region is currently considering placing a police officer in the community prior to the establishment of the new police station. I also visited the communities of Beagle Bay, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. Lombadina-Djarindjin has been identified as a possible location for the second new police station on the Dampier Peninsula. Lombadina would be well suited to service not only the Lombadina-Djarindjin communities, but also the communities at One Arm Point and Beagle Bay. This facility is due to commence in 2005-06 and will be staffed by senior experienced police officers of sergeant and senior sergeant rank. The Lombadina-Djarindjin and One Arm Point communities have never had a permanent police presence so the Government’s plan to build a new police station will provide these communities with ready access to police for the first time. I am also pleased to advise that following my visit to Balgo earlier this year, the Government has established a permanent police presence in that community. Back-to-back patrols now commence at Balgo rather than Halls Creek, which means that officers no longer leave Balgo until a replacement crew has arrived from Halls Creek. It is planned to continue this arrangement until a new police station - another one of the nine - is established in Balgo in 2004. Although there is clearly much work ahead, the Gallop Government is committed to making these communities safer by providing a permanent police presence and state-of-the-art police stations. I take this opportunity to place on the record the Gallop Government’s appreciation of the outstanding work of our police officers, Aboriginal aids and wardens who serve and work with these communities under truly challenging conditions.
Last week I had the opportunity to visit regional and remote Western Australia. Early in the week I was in the goldfields where I learnt at first hand of the outstanding success of the Government’s DNA legislation. The first hit on our DNA database, which now holds more than 23 500 samples, was in Kalgoorlie and, from that first success, DNA is continuing to play a significant role in identifying offenders, for crimes that range from burglary, hold-ups and fraud to assault, including sexual assault. Later in the week, I travelled further north to Bidyadanga, Beagle Bay, Lombadina, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. As part of its $75 million commitment to the Gordon inquiry, the Government is establishing nine multifunction police stations over the next three years. It is planned that two of the nine police stations will be located in the West Kimberley, with one at Bidyadanga and one on the Dampier Peninsula. Bidyadanga, which, with a permanent population of 700 people is the largest Aboriginal community in our State, is one of the communities in which we plan to build a multifunction police station. The station is due to commence in 2004-05 and will deliver a significant and permanent police presence in the community. Policing is currently provided to Bidyadanga by patrols from Broome and by senior Aboriginal police liaison officer Gordon Marshall, who lives in the community and who manages the police post and the community’s warden scheme. Although senior APLO Marshall and the wardens do an outstanding job, as an interim strategy Commander Lampard of the north eastern region is currently considering placing a police officer in the community prior to the establishment of the new police station. I also visited the communities of Beagle Bay, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. Lombadina-Djarindjin has been identified as a possible location for the second new police station on the Dampier Peninsula. Lombadina would be well suited to service not only the Lombadina-Djarindjin communities, but also the communities at One Arm Point and Beagle Bay. This facility is due to commence in 2005-06 and will be staffed by senior experienced police officers of sergeant and senior sergeant rank. The Lombadina-Djarindjin and One Arm Point communities have never had a permanent police presence so the Government’s plan to build a new police station will provide these communities with ready access to police for the first time. I am also pleased to advise that following my visit to Balgo earlier this year, the Government has established a permanent police presence in that community. Back-to-back patrols now commence at Balgo rather than Halls Creek, which means that officers no longer leave Balgo until a replacement crew has arrived from Halls Creek. It is planned to continue this arrangement until a new police station - another one of the nine - is established in Balgo in 2004. Although there is clearly much work ahead, the Gallop Government is committed to making these communities safer by providing a permanent police presence and state-of-the-art police stations. I take this opportunity to place on the record the Gallop Government’s appreciation of the outstanding work of our police officers, Aboriginal aids and wardens who serve and work with these communities under truly challenging conditions.
I also visited the communities of Beagle Bay, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. Lombadina-Djarindjin has been identified as a possible location for the second new police station on the Dampier Peninsula. Lombadina would be well suited to service not only the Lombadina-Djarindjin communities, but also the communities at One Arm Point and Beagle Bay. This facility is due to commence in 2005-06 and will be staffed by senior experienced police officers of sergeant and senior sergeant rank. The Lombadina-Djarindjin and One Arm Point communities have never had a permanent police presence so the Government’s plan to build a new police station will provide these communities with ready access to police for the first time. I am also pleased to advise that following my visit to Balgo earlier this year, the Government has established a permanent police presence in that community. Back-to-back patrols now commence at Balgo rather than Halls Creek, which means that officers no longer leave Balgo until a replacement crew has arrived from Halls Creek. It is planned to continue this arrangement until a new police station - another one of the nine - is established in Balgo in 2004. Although there is clearly much work ahead, the Gallop Government is committed to making these communities safer by providing a permanent police presence and state-of-the-art police stations. I take this opportunity to place on the record the Gallop Government’s appreciation of the outstanding work of our police officers, Aboriginal aids and wardens who serve and work with these communities under truly challenging conditions.
I am also pleased to advise that following my visit to Balgo earlier this year, the Government has established a permanent police presence in that community. Back-to-back patrols now commence at Balgo rather than Halls Creek, which means that officers no longer leave Balgo until a replacement crew has arrived from Halls Creek. It is planned to continue this arrangement until a new police station - another one of the nine - is established in Balgo in 2004. Although there is clearly much work ahead, the Gallop Government is committed to making these communities safer by providing a permanent police presence and state-of-the-art police stations. I take this opportunity to place on the record the Gallop Government’s appreciation of the outstanding work of our police officers, Aboriginal aids and wardens who serve and work with these communities under truly challenging conditions.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I thank the member for Kimberley for her question. Last week I had the opportunity to visit regional and remote Western Australia. Early in the week I was in the goldfields where I learnt at first hand of the outstanding success of the Government’s DNA legislation. The first hit on our DNA database, which now holds more than 23 500 samples, was in Kalgoorlie and, from that first success, DNA is continuing to play a significant role in identifying offenders, for crimes that range from burglary, hold-ups and fraud to assault, including sexual assault. Later in the week, I travelled further north to Bidyadanga, Beagle Bay, Lombadina, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. As part of its $75 million commitment to the Gordon inquiry, the Government is establishing nine multifunction police stations over the next three years. It is planned that two of the nine police stations will be located in the West Kimberley, with one at Bidyadanga and one on the Dampier Peninsula. Bidyadanga, which, with a permanent population of 700 people is the largest Aboriginal community in our State, is one of the communities in which we plan to build a multifunction police station. The station is due to commence in 2004-05 and will deliver a significant and permanent police presence in the community. Policing is currently provided to Bidyadanga by patrols from Broome and by senior Aboriginal police liaison officer Gordon Marshall, who lives in the community and who manages the police post and the community’s warden scheme. Although senior APLO Marshall and the wardens do an outstanding job, as an interim strategy Commander Lampard of the north eastern region is currently considering placing a police officer in the community prior to the establishment of the new police station. I also visited the communities of Beagle Bay, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. Lombadina-Djarindjin has been identified as a possible location for the second new police station on the Dampier Peninsula. Lombadina would be well suited to service not only the Lombadina-Djarindjin communities, but also the communities at One Arm Point and Beagle Bay. This facility is due to commence in 2005-06 and will be staffed by senior experienced police officers of sergeant and senior sergeant rank. The Lombadina-Djarindjin and One Arm Point communities have never had a permanent police presence so the Government’s plan to build a new police station will provide these communities with ready access to police for the first time. I am also pleased to advise that following my visit to Balgo earlier this year, the Government has established a permanent police presence in that community. Back-to-back patrols now commence at Balgo rather than Halls Creek, which means that officers no longer leave Balgo until a replacement crew has arrived from Halls Creek. It is planned to continue this arrangement until a new police station - another one of the nine - is established in Balgo in 2004. Although there is clearly much work ahead, the Gallop Government is committed to making these communities safer by providing a permanent police presence and state-of-the-art police stations. I take this opportunity to place on the record the Gallop Government’s appreciation of the outstanding work of our police officers, Aboriginal aids and wardens who serve and work with these communities under truly challenging conditions.
I thank the member for Kimberley for her question. Last week I had the opportunity to visit regional and remote Western Australia. Early in the week I was in the goldfields where I learnt at first hand of the outstanding success of the Government’s DNA legislation. The first hit on our DNA database, which now holds more than 23 500 samples, was in Kalgoorlie and, from that first success, DNA is continuing to play a significant role in identifying offenders, for crimes that range from burglary, hold-ups and fraud to assault, including sexual assault. Later in the week, I travelled further north to Bidyadanga, Beagle Bay, Lombadina, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. As part of its $75 million commitment to the Gordon inquiry, the Government is establishing nine multifunction police stations over the next three years. It is planned that two of the nine police stations will be located in the West Kimberley, with one at Bidyadanga and one on the Dampier Peninsula. Bidyadanga, which, with a permanent population of 700 people is the largest Aboriginal community in our State, is one of the communities in which we plan to build a multifunction police station. The station is due to commence in 2004-05 and will deliver a significant and permanent police presence in the community. Policing is currently provided to Bidyadanga by patrols from Broome and by senior Aboriginal police liaison officer Gordon Marshall, who lives in the community and who manages the police post and the community’s warden scheme. Although senior APLO Marshall and the wardens do an outstanding job, as an interim strategy Commander Lampard of the north eastern region is currently considering placing a police officer in the community prior to the establishment of the new police station. I also visited the communities of Beagle Bay, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. Lombadina-Djarindjin has been identified as a possible location for the second new police station on the Dampier Peninsula. Lombadina would be well suited to service not only the Lombadina-Djarindjin communities, but also the communities at One Arm Point and Beagle Bay. This facility is due to commence in 2005-06 and will be staffed by senior experienced police officers of sergeant and senior sergeant rank. The Lombadina-Djarindjin and One Arm Point communities have never had a permanent police presence so the Government’s plan to build a new police station will provide these communities with ready access to police for the first time. I am also pleased to advise that following my visit to Balgo earlier this year, the Government has established a permanent police presence in that community. Back-to-back patrols now commence at Balgo rather than Halls Creek, which means that officers no longer leave Balgo until a replacement crew has arrived from Halls Creek. It is planned to continue this arrangement until a new police station - another one of the nine - is established in Balgo in 2004. Although there is clearly much work ahead, the Gallop Government is committed to making these communities safer by providing a permanent police presence and state-of-the-art police stations. I take this opportunity to place on the record the Gallop Government’s appreciation of the outstanding work of our police officers, Aboriginal aids and wardens who serve and work with these communities under truly challenging conditions.
Last week I had the opportunity to visit regional and remote Western Australia. Early in the week I was in the goldfields where I learnt at first hand of the outstanding success of the Government’s DNA legislation. The first hit on our DNA database, which now holds more than 23 500 samples, was in Kalgoorlie and, from that first success, DNA is continuing to play a significant role in identifying offenders, for crimes that range from burglary, hold-ups and fraud to assault, including sexual assault. Later in the week, I travelled further north to Bidyadanga, Beagle Bay, Lombadina, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. As part of its $75 million commitment to the Gordon inquiry, the Government is establishing nine multifunction police stations over the next three years. It is planned that two of the nine police stations will be located in the West Kimberley, with one at Bidyadanga and one on the Dampier Peninsula. Bidyadanga, which, with a permanent population of 700 people is the largest Aboriginal community in our State, is one of the communities in which we plan to build a multifunction police station. The station is due to commence in 2004-05 and will deliver a significant and permanent police presence in the community. Policing is currently provided to Bidyadanga by patrols from Broome and by senior Aboriginal police liaison officer Gordon Marshall, who lives in the community and who manages the police post and the community’s warden scheme. Although senior APLO Marshall and the wardens do an outstanding job, as an interim strategy Commander Lampard of the north eastern region is currently considering placing a police officer in the community prior to the establishment of the new police station. I also visited the communities of Beagle Bay, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. Lombadina-Djarindjin has been identified as a possible location for the second new police station on the Dampier Peninsula. Lombadina would be well suited to service not only the Lombadina-Djarindjin communities, but also the communities at One Arm Point and Beagle Bay. This facility is due to commence in 2005-06 and will be staffed by senior experienced police officers of sergeant and senior sergeant rank. The Lombadina-Djarindjin and One Arm Point communities have never had a permanent police presence so the Government’s plan to build a new police station will provide these communities with ready access to police for the first time. I am also pleased to advise that following my visit to Balgo earlier this year, the Government has established a permanent police presence in that community. Back-to-back patrols now commence at Balgo rather than Halls Creek, which means that officers no longer leave Balgo until a replacement crew has arrived from Halls Creek. It is planned to continue this arrangement until a new police station - another one of the nine - is established in Balgo in 2004. Although there is clearly much work ahead, the Gallop Government is committed to making these communities safer by providing a permanent police presence and state-of-the-art police stations. I take this opportunity to place on the record the Gallop Government’s appreciation of the outstanding work of our police officers, Aboriginal aids and wardens who serve and work with these communities under truly challenging conditions.
I also visited the communities of Beagle Bay, Djarindjin and One Arm Point. Lombadina-Djarindjin has been identified as a possible location for the second new police station on the Dampier Peninsula. Lombadina would be well suited to service not only the Lombadina-Djarindjin communities, but also the communities at One Arm Point and Beagle Bay. This facility is due to commence in 2005-06 and will be staffed by senior experienced police officers of sergeant and senior sergeant rank. The Lombadina-Djarindjin and One Arm Point communities have never had a permanent police presence so the Government’s plan to build a new police station will provide these communities with ready access to police for the first time. I am also pleased to advise that following my visit to Balgo earlier this year, the Government has established a permanent police presence in that community. Back-to-back patrols now commence at Balgo rather than Halls Creek, which means that officers no longer leave Balgo until a replacement crew has arrived from Halls Creek. It is planned to continue this arrangement until a new police station - another one of the nine - is established in Balgo in 2004. Although there is clearly much work ahead, the Gallop Government is committed to making these communities safer by providing a permanent police presence and state-of-the-art police stations. I take this opportunity to place on the record the Gallop Government’s appreciation of the outstanding work of our police officers, Aboriginal aids and wardens who serve and work with these communities under truly challenging conditions.
I am also pleased to advise that following my visit to Balgo earlier this year, the Government has established a permanent police presence in that community. Back-to-back patrols now commence at Balgo rather than Halls Creek, which means that officers no longer leave Balgo until a replacement crew has arrived from Halls Creek. It is planned to continue this arrangement until a new police station - another one of the nine - is established in Balgo in 2004. Although there is clearly much work ahead, the Gallop Government is committed to making these communities safer by providing a permanent police presence and state-of-the-art police stations. I take this opportunity to place on the record the Gallop Government’s appreciation of the outstanding work of our police officers, Aboriginal aids and wardens who serve and work with these communities under truly challenging conditions.
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