❓ Mr. Love questions Perth Mint's data security, prompting a response highlighting the absence of adverse findings in the Auditor General's report and emphasizing the Mint's role in supporting WA gold mining.
AnsweredQoN 211Legislative Assembly
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GOLD CORPORATION — SECURITY
211. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Mines and Petroleum:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister request Perth Mint to immediately cease and review its unsafe
information-handling procedures?
211. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Mines and Petroleum:
I have a supplementary question.
Will the minister request Perth Mint to immediately cease and review its unsafe
information-handling procedures?
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I just make the point that the
member is contradicting himself. As he just outlined, there is no adverse finding
from the Auditor General on the data security.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, you were given
the opportunity to ask a supplementary question. That has to be a short and
sharp question. You have managed that, but you cannot continue to interject on
the minister.
Mr W.J. JOHNSTON : As the
member outlined, there is no adverse finding of the Auditor General on the data
security arrangements of the Perth Mint. Now let me go to another issue. I expect
the Perth Mint to fully comply with its obligations under anti–money
laundering arrangements.
Let us understand the purpose of
the Mint. The Perth Mint's job is to facilitate goldmining operations
in Western Australia. It has not been fully
understood by the community what occurs. Because of the way the Mint buys gold from the goldmines in Western Australia, they are able to be paid for the
gold on delivery at the Mint, and then the Mint sells the gold to others. That
benefit means that the Western Australian gold industry can maintain its cash flow. In Australia there is a second gold
refiner called ABC Refinery. It operates in Sydney. It is a competitor
to Gold Corporation, and it is making remarks in the community about the
operations of the Perth Mint. That is because it has a commercial reason to do
so.
Again, I want the member to come
back to the fundamentals. As the member said himself, there was no adverse
finding on data security issues in the Auditor General's report. But
now the member is saying that there were adverse findings.
Mr R.S. Love : I didn't
comment either way.
Mr W.J. JOHNSTON : I am
sorry, Leader of the Opposition. You were the one who started your question by
referencing the Auditor General's report into data security systems.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
Mr W.J. JOHNSTON : As I say,
the Leader of the Opposition was the one who raised the question of the Auditor General's review of data security
issues, and the point that I am agreeing with him on is that there was nothing in that report that reflected negatively on the management of data by the Perth
Mint. The member then came up with a different reflection, which must be
sourced from somebody, and I make the point that it was not sourced from the
Auditor General.
member is contradicting himself. As he just outlined, there is no adverse finding
from the Auditor General on the data security.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition, you were given
the opportunity to ask a supplementary question. That has to be a short and
sharp question. You have managed that, but you cannot continue to interject on
the minister.
Mr W.J. JOHNSTON : As the
member outlined, there is no adverse finding of the Auditor General on the data
security arrangements of the Perth Mint. Now let me go to another issue. I expect
the Perth Mint to fully comply with its obligations under anti–money
laundering arrangements.
Let us understand the purpose of
the Mint. The Perth Mint's job is to facilitate goldmining operations
in Western Australia. It has not been fully
understood by the community what occurs. Because of the way the Mint buys gold from the goldmines in Western Australia, they are able to be paid for the
gold on delivery at the Mint, and then the Mint sells the gold to others. That
benefit means that the Western Australian gold industry can maintain its cash flow. In Australia there is a second gold
refiner called ABC Refinery. It operates in Sydney. It is a competitor
to Gold Corporation, and it is making remarks in the community about the
operations of the Perth Mint. That is because it has a commercial reason to do
so.
Again, I want the member to come
back to the fundamentals. As the member said himself, there was no adverse
finding on data security issues in the Auditor General's report. But
now the member is saying that there were adverse findings.
Mr R.S. Love : I didn't
comment either way.
Mr W.J. JOHNSTON : I am
sorry, Leader of the Opposition. You were the one who started your question by
referencing the Auditor General's report into data security systems.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
Mr W.J. JOHNSTON : As I say,
the Leader of the Opposition was the one who raised the question of the Auditor General's review of data security
issues, and the point that I am agreeing with him on is that there was nothing in that report that reflected negatively on the management of data by the Perth
Mint. The member then came up with a different reflection, which must be
sourced from somebody, and I make the point that it was not sourced from the
Auditor General.
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