Hon Peter Collier questions the Minister for Police regarding the staffing and funding of the meth border force, established by the Labor government. The Minister acknowledges the commitment but states specific details are unavailable within the given timeframe.

AnsweredQoN 292Legislative Council
Asked
16 June 2021
Portfolio
Police

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METH BORDER FORCE
292. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the minister representing the Minister for Police:
I refer to the commitment of the
Labor government to establish a meth border force.
(1) How many sworn police officers were attached to
the meth border force in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 to date?
(2) How many
specialised intelligence staff were attached to the meth border force in 2018,
2019, 2020 and 2021 to date?
(3) How much funding has been
allocated to the meth border force in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021?

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I thank the honourable member for
some notice of this question. The following information has been provided to me
by the Minister for Police.
(1)–(3) The
McGowan government's commitment to provide 100 extra police officers
and 20 specialist support staff for the meth border force initiative has been
delivered. Since 2017–18, $168.7 million has been provided to the Western
Australia Police Force for this important initiative. The Western Australia
Police Force advised that the details sought cannot be provided in the time
available.

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