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❓ Question on Notice regarding the State Risk Report, including project costs, Commonwealth funding, publication requirements, and government consideration. The government provides details on project commencement, cost, funding split, and future publication of summaries, but withholds the full report due to cabinet confidentiality.

AnsweredQoN 1146Legislative Council

Asked

1 December 2022

Member

Hon Martin Aldridge

Portfolio

Emergency Services

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I refer to the State Risk Report, and I ask: (a) on what date did the project commence; (b) what is the total cost of the project; (c) what proportion of the project cost was borne by the Commonwealth Government; (d) please table the agreement with the Commonwealth Government in relation to the project; (e) did the agreement with the Commonwealth Government require the publication of the final report and if so please detail the condition requirement; (f) has the government considered the State Risk Report and if so on what date and in what form was this consideration; (g) does the government intend to make the report public and if so when; and (h) please table the report?

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Answered

14 February 2023

Responded by

Minister for Emergency Services

Response time

1 days

I am advised by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES):
(a)   The project commenced in 2013
(b)   $13.7M
(c)   47 per cent
(d)   See tabled paper no. #
(e)   The publication of a final state risk report was not a condition of the agreement
(f)    and (h) Consideration of the State Risk Profile Report 2021 by Government is a cabinet matter and therefore remains cabinet in confidence.
(g)   Once approved by SEMC in March 2023, public facing summaries of the individual state risks will be available on the wa.gov.au website.

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