❓ A WA parliamentary question sought information on the use of specific Huawei mobile devices within government departments and agencies, and whether these devices accessed sensitive information. The responses indicate varying levels of usage and limited access to sensitive data.
AnsweredQoN 3704Legislative Assembly
Asked
14 August 2018
Member
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations
QuestionView source ↗
For all departments, agencies, government trading enterprises or boards within the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities I ask, as at 8 August 2018 are any of the following mobile tables or broadband devices in use and if so, how many and do they have access to or transmit Cabinet, customer or commercially sensitive information: (a) HUAWEI E3372 mobile broadband; (b) HUAWEI E8372 mobile broadband; (c) HUAWEI MediaPad M2 8.0; and (d) HUAWEI MediaPad T3?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
20 September 2018
Response time
11 days
Lotterywest
As at the 8 August 2018 Lotterywest used one of the listed mobile tablets or broadband devices as follows:
Devices
# Devices
(a) HUAWEI E3372 mobile broadband
0
(b) HUAWEI E8372 mobile broadband
15
(c) HUAWEI MediaPad M2 8.0
0
d) HUAWEI MediaPad T3
0
None had access to or transmitted Cabinet, customer or commercially sensitive information.
Goldcorp, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Public Sector Commission and Salaries and Allowance Tribunal
No.
Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Yes, and two may transmit Cabinet or commercially sensitive information.
(a) Nil
(b) 7
(c) Nil
(d) Nil
As at the 8 August 2018 Lotterywest used one of the listed mobile tablets or broadband devices as follows:
Devices
# Devices
(a) HUAWEI E3372 mobile broadband
0
(b) HUAWEI E8372 mobile broadband
15
(c) HUAWEI MediaPad M2 8.0
0
d) HUAWEI MediaPad T3
0
None had access to or transmitted Cabinet, customer or commercially sensitive information.
Goldcorp, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Public Sector Commission and Salaries and Allowance Tribunal
No.
Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Yes, and two may transmit Cabinet or commercially sensitive information.
(a) Nil
(b) 7
(c) Nil
(d) Nil
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.