A WA parliamentary question regarding the retention period (25 years) and number of G2G passes allocated, with the Minister responding that the data is a state archive under the State Records Act 2000 and accessible only by six WA Police Force employees.

AnsweredQoN 907Legislative Council
Asked
13 October 2022
Portfolio
Police

QuestionView source ↗

POLICE — G2G PASS DATA
907. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer the minister to his response
to question 858 asked on Tuesday, 11 October.
(1) Why is the data collected for
the G2G passes being retained for 25 years?
(2) How many G2G passes have been
allocated?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by
the Minister for Police.
(1)–(2) The
data is considered a state archive in accordance with the State Records Act
2000, which requires the information to be kept. As the Minister for Police
stated in his response to question without notice 858 on 11 October 2022, the
data has been archived as is required under the act, and is able to be accessed
by only six employees of the Western Australia Police Force—not by all
police officers, as the honourable member has implied in the media.

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