❓ Mr. Johnson questions the Minister for Justice about the number of warrants of execution for unpaid fines, given the high number of unlicensed drivers and outstanding fines. The Minister acknowledges the issue but doesn't provide the specific number, instead proposing to publish license numbers to address the problem of unawareness of license suspensions.
AnsweredQoN 281Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
I cannot resist this one. I refer the minister to the Fines Enforcement Registry, which outlines that currently 14 000 unlicensed drivers are on Western Australian roads, and that $120 million is outstanding in unpaid fines. The Fines Enforcement Registry allows for warrants of executions against property for unpaid fines. How many warrants of execution have been executed in the past 12 months? Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for the question. I know that I am a very intelligent person, and that I have a computer brain that remembers everything; however, if the member had given me some notice, I might have been able to answer that question. In relation to the Fines Enforcement Registry, the fact that 14 000 drivers are unlicensed is a real problem. The system works in such a manner that if a person does not pay a fine, he or she goes on a fine suspension. The notice is sent to the home - Mr R.F. Johnson : I know how the system works; we all do. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : I am answering the question. Will the member let me finish? The notice delivery is made to a person’s last known address. If people do not receive that notice, they are not aware that their driver’s licence is under suspension. As a sensible response, I will publish licence numbers - not a person’s details and address - so that people in the community can check whether they are driving under suspension. Driving while under suspension has a number of effects: first, a person can be fined for driving without a licence, resulting in the application of more fines; and, second, and more importantly, it affects people’s insurance and all sorts of other things. It is important to make this change, and to do it properly. I will make this change as a consequence of considering fine defaulters. It is a very important issue as the situation tends to snowball and becomes a vicious cycle that is not in the interests of the community.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO replied: I thank the member for the question. I know that I am a very intelligent person, and that I have a computer brain that remembers everything; however, if the member had given me some notice, I might have been able to answer that question. In relation to the Fines Enforcement Registry, the fact that 14 000 drivers are unlicensed is a real problem. The system works in such a manner that if a person does not pay a fine, he or she goes on a fine suspension. The notice is sent to the home - Mr R.F. Johnson : I know how the system works; we all do. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : I am answering the question. Will the member let me finish? The notice delivery is made to a person’s last known address. If people do not receive that notice, they are not aware that their driver’s licence is under suspension. As a sensible response, I will publish licence numbers - not a person’s details and address - so that people in the community can check whether they are driving under suspension. Driving while under suspension has a number of effects: first, a person can be fined for driving without a licence, resulting in the application of more fines; and, second, and more importantly, it affects people’s insurance and all sorts of other things. It is important to make this change, and to do it properly. I will make this change as a consequence of considering fine defaulters. It is a very important issue as the situation tends to snowball and becomes a vicious cycle that is not in the interests of the community.
I thank the member for the question. I know that I am a very intelligent person, and that I have a computer brain that remembers everything; however, if the member had given me some notice, I might have been able to answer that question. In relation to the Fines Enforcement Registry, the fact that 14 000 drivers are unlicensed is a real problem. The system works in such a manner that if a person does not pay a fine, he or she goes on a fine suspension. The notice is sent to the home - Mr R.F. Johnson : I know how the system works; we all do. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : I am answering the question. Will the member let me finish? The notice delivery is made to a person’s last known address. If people do not receive that notice, they are not aware that their driver’s licence is under suspension. As a sensible response, I will publish licence numbers - not a person’s details and address - so that people in the community can check whether they are driving under suspension. Driving while under suspension has a number of effects: first, a person can be fined for driving without a licence, resulting in the application of more fines; and, second, and more importantly, it affects people’s insurance and all sorts of other things. It is important to make this change, and to do it properly. I will make this change as a consequence of considering fine defaulters. It is a very important issue as the situation tends to snowball and becomes a vicious cycle that is not in the interests of the community.
Mr R.F. Johnson : I know how the system works; we all do. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : I am answering the question. Will the member let me finish? The notice delivery is made to a person’s last known address. If people do not receive that notice, they are not aware that their driver’s licence is under suspension. As a sensible response, I will publish licence numbers - not a person’s details and address - so that people in the community can check whether they are driving under suspension. Driving while under suspension has a number of effects: first, a person can be fined for driving without a licence, resulting in the application of more fines; and, second, and more importantly, it affects people’s insurance and all sorts of other things. It is important to make this change, and to do it properly. I will make this change as a consequence of considering fine defaulters. It is a very important issue as the situation tends to snowball and becomes a vicious cycle that is not in the interests of the community.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : I am answering the question. Will the member let me finish? The notice delivery is made to a person’s last known address. If people do not receive that notice, they are not aware that their driver’s licence is under suspension. As a sensible response, I will publish licence numbers - not a person’s details and address - so that people in the community can check whether they are driving under suspension. Driving while under suspension has a number of effects: first, a person can be fined for driving without a licence, resulting in the application of more fines; and, second, and more importantly, it affects people’s insurance and all sorts of other things. It is important to make this change, and to do it properly. I will make this change as a consequence of considering fine defaulters. It is a very important issue as the situation tends to snowball and becomes a vicious cycle that is not in the interests of the community.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO replied: I thank the member for the question. I know that I am a very intelligent person, and that I have a computer brain that remembers everything; however, if the member had given me some notice, I might have been able to answer that question. In relation to the Fines Enforcement Registry, the fact that 14 000 drivers are unlicensed is a real problem. The system works in such a manner that if a person does not pay a fine, he or she goes on a fine suspension. The notice is sent to the home - Mr R.F. Johnson : I know how the system works; we all do. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : I am answering the question. Will the member let me finish? The notice delivery is made to a person’s last known address. If people do not receive that notice, they are not aware that their driver’s licence is under suspension. As a sensible response, I will publish licence numbers - not a person’s details and address - so that people in the community can check whether they are driving under suspension. Driving while under suspension has a number of effects: first, a person can be fined for driving without a licence, resulting in the application of more fines; and, second, and more importantly, it affects people’s insurance and all sorts of other things. It is important to make this change, and to do it properly. I will make this change as a consequence of considering fine defaulters. It is a very important issue as the situation tends to snowball and becomes a vicious cycle that is not in the interests of the community.
I thank the member for the question. I know that I am a very intelligent person, and that I have a computer brain that remembers everything; however, if the member had given me some notice, I might have been able to answer that question. In relation to the Fines Enforcement Registry, the fact that 14 000 drivers are unlicensed is a real problem. The system works in such a manner that if a person does not pay a fine, he or she goes on a fine suspension. The notice is sent to the home - Mr R.F. Johnson : I know how the system works; we all do. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : I am answering the question. Will the member let me finish? The notice delivery is made to a person’s last known address. If people do not receive that notice, they are not aware that their driver’s licence is under suspension. As a sensible response, I will publish licence numbers - not a person’s details and address - so that people in the community can check whether they are driving under suspension. Driving while under suspension has a number of effects: first, a person can be fined for driving without a licence, resulting in the application of more fines; and, second, and more importantly, it affects people’s insurance and all sorts of other things. It is important to make this change, and to do it properly. I will make this change as a consequence of considering fine defaulters. It is a very important issue as the situation tends to snowball and becomes a vicious cycle that is not in the interests of the community.
Mr R.F. Johnson : I know how the system works; we all do. Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : I am answering the question. Will the member let me finish? The notice delivery is made to a person’s last known address. If people do not receive that notice, they are not aware that their driver’s licence is under suspension. As a sensible response, I will publish licence numbers - not a person’s details and address - so that people in the community can check whether they are driving under suspension. Driving while under suspension has a number of effects: first, a person can be fined for driving without a licence, resulting in the application of more fines; and, second, and more importantly, it affects people’s insurance and all sorts of other things. It is important to make this change, and to do it properly. I will make this change as a consequence of considering fine defaulters. It is a very important issue as the situation tends to snowball and becomes a vicious cycle that is not in the interests of the community.
Mr J.B. D’ORAZIO : I am answering the question. Will the member let me finish? The notice delivery is made to a person’s last known address. If people do not receive that notice, they are not aware that their driver’s licence is under suspension. As a sensible response, I will publish licence numbers - not a person’s details and address - so that people in the community can check whether they are driving under suspension. Driving while under suspension has a number of effects: first, a person can be fined for driving without a licence, resulting in the application of more fines; and, second, and more importantly, it affects people’s insurance and all sorts of other things. It is important to make this change, and to do it properly. I will make this change as a consequence of considering fine defaulters. It is a very important issue as the situation tends to snowball and becomes a vicious cycle that is not in the interests of the community.
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.