❓ Hon Ken Baston asks about replicating Hedland's liquor strategy in Kununurra, focusing on police and retailer collaboration to reduce alcohol-related harm. The Minister acknowledges the Hedland initiative and highlights existing information sharing in Kununurra.
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HEDLAND LIQUOR STRATEGY
666. Hon KEN BASTON to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer to the Liquor Stores
Association of Western Australia media release of 12 June 2020 titled ''Pilbara
Liquor Stores and Police Unite in Major Anti-Social Crackdown''. This
outlines the Hedland liquor strategy, in which a daily text message is sent to
all licensees or the stores' managers advising them of the number of
incidents from the previous night and details of vehicle registrations, and, as
a collective, identifiable problem drinkers are banned from buying alcohol for
24 hours.
(1) Have
Kununurra police received requests from the community for a similar strategy of
collaboration and information sharing between the police and liquor retailers
with the aim of reducing alcohol-related harm?
(2) If yes to (1), what has been the
outcome of these requests?
(3) What is the
legal instrument enabling Hedland police to cooperate in this manner, and could
it be applied to Kununurra?
666. Hon KEN BASTON to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer to the Liquor Stores
Association of Western Australia media release of 12 June 2020 titled ''Pilbara
Liquor Stores and Police Unite in Major Anti-Social Crackdown''. This
outlines the Hedland liquor strategy, in which a daily text message is sent to
all licensees or the stores' managers advising them of the number of
incidents from the previous night and details of vehicle registrations, and, as
a collective, identifiable problem drinkers are banned from buying alcohol for
24 hours.
(1) Have
Kununurra police received requests from the community for a similar strategy of
collaboration and information sharing between the police and liquor retailers
with the aim of reducing alcohol-related harm?
(2) If yes to (1), what has been the
outcome of these requests?
(3) What is the
legal instrument enabling Hedland police to cooperate in this manner, and could
it be applied to Kununurra?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question. The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister for
Police.
(1)–(3)
Hedland police officers are to be commended for this local initiative, which,
the article reports, has contributed to significant reductions in offences and
police and St John Ambulance call-outs. Under the initiative, information is
shared through the Hedland liquor accord. Kununurra licensees use the takeaway
alcohol management system—TAMS—to share information between
each other, and Kununurra police also share information with the licensees in
their liquor accord meetings.
question. The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister for
Police.
(1)–(3)
Hedland police officers are to be commended for this local initiative, which,
the article reports, has contributed to significant reductions in offences and
police and St John Ambulance call-outs. Under the initiative, information is
shared through the Hedland liquor accord. Kununurra licensees use the takeaway
alcohol management system—TAMS—to share information between
each other, and Kununurra police also share information with the licensees in
their liquor accord meetings.
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