❓ A parliamentary question addresses concerns about the removal of motor vehicle registration stickers, focusing on how the public will track registration expiry, receive proof of payment, and potential impacts on unlicensed vehicles and third-party insurance. The Minister's response confirms receipts will still be issued and existing monitoring systems will continue.
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MOTOR VEHICLE registration stickers
I refer to the announcement on Sunday that the Barnett government will be abolishing motor vehicle licence stickers. (1) Under this new system, how will members of the public be able to quickly and easily check when their motor vehicle registration is due to expire or has expired? (2) Will people receive any form of receipt when they pay for their motor vehicle registration; and, if not, what evidence will people have that their payment has been received and their motor vehicle licence is valid? (3) Is the minister aware of the serious implications for third party insurance claims if an unlicensed vehicle is involved in an accident? (4) Has the government established a baseline of the estimated number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads? (5) Does the government have any plans to monitor this change to ensure that it does not result in an increase in the number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads; and, if not, why not? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN
I refer to the announcement on Sunday that the Barnett government will be abolishing motor vehicle licence stickers. (1) Under this new system, how will members of the public be able to quickly and easily check when their motor vehicle registration is due to expire or has expired? (2) Will people receive any form of receipt when they pay for their motor vehicle registration; and, if not, what evidence will people have that their payment has been received and their motor vehicle licence is valid? (3) Is the minister aware of the serious implications for third party insurance claims if an unlicensed vehicle is involved in an accident? (4) Has the government established a baseline of the estimated number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads? (5) Does the government have any plans to monitor this change to ensure that it does not result in an increase in the number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads; and, if not, why not? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN
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That was a nice, brief question without notice! Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(1) Under this new system, how will members of the public be able to quickly and easily check when their motor vehicle registration is due to expire or has expired? (2) Will people receive any form of receipt when they pay for their motor vehicle registration; and, if not, what evidence will people have that their payment has been received and their motor vehicle licence is valid? (3) Is the minister aware of the serious implications for third party insurance claims if an unlicensed vehicle is involved in an accident? (4) Has the government established a baseline of the estimated number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads? (5) Does the government have any plans to monitor this change to ensure that it does not result in an increase in the number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads; and, if not, why not? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: That was a nice, brief question without notice! Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(2) Will people receive any form of receipt when they pay for their motor vehicle registration; and, if not, what evidence will people have that their payment has been received and their motor vehicle licence is valid? (3) Is the minister aware of the serious implications for third party insurance claims if an unlicensed vehicle is involved in an accident? (4) Has the government established a baseline of the estimated number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads? (5) Does the government have any plans to monitor this change to ensure that it does not result in an increase in the number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads; and, if not, why not? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: That was a nice, brief question without notice! Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(3) Is the minister aware of the serious implications for third party insurance claims if an unlicensed vehicle is involved in an accident? (4) Has the government established a baseline of the estimated number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads? (5) Does the government have any plans to monitor this change to ensure that it does not result in an increase in the number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads; and, if not, why not? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: That was a nice, brief question without notice! Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(4) Has the government established a baseline of the estimated number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads? (5) Does the government have any plans to monitor this change to ensure that it does not result in an increase in the number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads; and, if not, why not? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: That was a nice, brief question without notice! Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(5) Does the government have any plans to monitor this change to ensure that it does not result in an increase in the number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads; and, if not, why not? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: That was a nice, brief question without notice! Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: That was a nice, brief question without notice! Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
That was a nice, brief question without notice! Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(1) Under this new system, how will members of the public be able to quickly and easily check when their motor vehicle registration is due to expire or has expired? (2) Will people receive any form of receipt when they pay for their motor vehicle registration; and, if not, what evidence will people have that their payment has been received and their motor vehicle licence is valid? (3) Is the minister aware of the serious implications for third party insurance claims if an unlicensed vehicle is involved in an accident? (4) Has the government established a baseline of the estimated number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads? (5) Does the government have any plans to monitor this change to ensure that it does not result in an increase in the number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads; and, if not, why not? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: That was a nice, brief question without notice! Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(2) Will people receive any form of receipt when they pay for their motor vehicle registration; and, if not, what evidence will people have that their payment has been received and their motor vehicle licence is valid? (3) Is the minister aware of the serious implications for third party insurance claims if an unlicensed vehicle is involved in an accident? (4) Has the government established a baseline of the estimated number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads? (5) Does the government have any plans to monitor this change to ensure that it does not result in an increase in the number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads; and, if not, why not? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: That was a nice, brief question without notice! Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(3) Is the minister aware of the serious implications for third party insurance claims if an unlicensed vehicle is involved in an accident? (4) Has the government established a baseline of the estimated number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads? (5) Does the government have any plans to monitor this change to ensure that it does not result in an increase in the number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads; and, if not, why not? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: That was a nice, brief question without notice! Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(4) Has the government established a baseline of the estimated number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads? (5) Does the government have any plans to monitor this change to ensure that it does not result in an increase in the number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads; and, if not, why not? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: That was a nice, brief question without notice! Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(5) Does the government have any plans to monitor this change to ensure that it does not result in an increase in the number of unlicensed vehicles on our roads; and, if not, why not? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: That was a nice, brief question without notice! Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: That was a nice, brief question without notice! Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
That was a nice, brief question without notice! Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon Ken Travers : I know you’re up to the challenge! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Yes, and clearly the member is not, if a simple thing like getting rid of rego stickers has the member knotted up with such concern! It was all too hard for them when they were in government — Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : We started it! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Is that so? The member can tell him the answer, then! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You’re the minister now! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich should know that she should not speak when I am speaking. Members, some of us here will be going in a few days, and we would like a peaceful last week and a half. The minister. Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon Ken Travers : Minister, before you start, I have not expressed a view on it. I am just asking you some simple questions. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The tone of the member’s questions — Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon Ken Travers : They are legitimate questions! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Absolutely they are legitimate questions. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
The PRESIDENT : Order, members! We do have an adjournment debate. Do members want to take that up? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : Mr President, with the deepest respect, we all enjoy your encouragement on so many matters, but please do not encourage an unnecessary adjournment debate from my friend! I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
I will now answer the member’s question. I am looking forward to a similar question from Hon Carolyn Burton, possibly. I thought members opposite had a way of synchronising what they would be asking. (1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(1) When members of the public look at the piece of paper that they will receive from the department, it will tell them when their motor vehicle registration will expire, when the payment is due, how much it will cost, the residential address that has been recorded for them, their full name, and a lot of other information, virtually none of which is contained on the window sticker. (2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(2) The fact is that people will receive a receipt, as they do now. When people take in their renewal notice, or when people access the department’s website—as I hope they will do, because it is a far easier and more convenient way of paying their renewal—that will generate a receipt, and that will arrive in the person’s letterbox in the same way as it does now. Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon Ken Travers : What will happen if people post it in? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : They will then receive a response by return post, as they do now. To continue with the answer — (3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(3) Yes, I am aware of the implications for third party insurance, but that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here. (4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
(4)-(5) The final two questions were about the baseline, and monitoring. It is a bit tough to ask me about a baseline without some notice. Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon Ken Travers : I am not asking you what the baseline is. I am asking whether you have established a baseline. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : The answer to that question will be available through departmental resources, which record the number of vehicles that are registered in Western Australia and which of those vehicles have had their current registration paid and which have not. So, yes, the information is available, but, again, it is not affected by our decision to get rid of the window stickers. We are constantly keeping in touch with the people who have outstanding registration payments. This change should not have anything to do with that. People will still receive a reminder notice. They will still have the original documents that they can refer to. People can go online, and they can do any number of things, but the window sticker itself, which is a frustration and a nuisance to so many Western Australians, and a hidden cost for so many businesses—a bit like the former government, I suppose—is a thing of the past.
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