❓ Hon Wilson Tucker questions the Attorney General regarding alleged collection of private constituent information by WA Labor and whether the government's privacy legislation review will be expanded to include political parties. The Attorney General's response focuses on the provision of electoral roll information to political parties.
AnsweredQoN 1328Legislative Council
Asked
1 December 2022
Member
Portfolio
parliamentary secretary representing the Attorney General
QuestionView source ↗
PRIVACY LEGISLATION —
POLITICAL PARTIES
1328. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
I refer to a report in The West
Australian today that revealed that WA Labor electorate officers are
collecting private information from constituents, including potentially private
medical information, and entering it into the Labor
Party's campaign central database. In light of this troubling
revelation, will the government's review of privacy legislation
be expanded to include the use of private information by political parties?
POLITICAL PARTIES
1328. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
I refer to a report in The West
Australian today that revealed that WA Labor electorate officers are
collecting private information from constituents, including potentially private
medical information, and entering it into the Labor
Party's campaign central database. In light of this troubling
revelation, will the government's review of privacy legislation
be expanded to include the use of private information by political parties?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice —
Several members interjected.
The PRESIDENT : Order! It is
question time, not cross-chamber chatter.
Hon MATTHEW SWINBOURN : Thank
you, President. As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted by others, I thank
the member for some notice of the question. The following answer has been
provided to me by the Attorney General.
As has been the case for decades,
all registered political parties and members of Parliament are provided with regular updates to the electoral roll for their
electorate, as per the Electoral Act. This information is part of the electoral management system to assist members of Parliament to manage constituent
inquiries and workflow in their offices, and to communicate with their
electorates to serve their communities.
Several members interjected.
The PRESIDENT : Order! It is
question time, not cross-chamber chatter.
Hon MATTHEW SWINBOURN : Thank
you, President. As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted by others, I thank
the member for some notice of the question. The following answer has been
provided to me by the Attorney General.
As has been the case for decades,
all registered political parties and members of Parliament are provided with regular updates to the electoral roll for their
electorate, as per the Electoral Act. This information is part of the electoral management system to assist members of Parliament to manage constituent
inquiries and workflow in their offices, and to communicate with their
electorates to serve their communities.
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