❓ A WA parliamentary question scrutinising the WA Police Force's media event promoting the Firearms Act Reform Voluntary Buyback Scheme, focusing on costs, security, and safety protocols. The answer declines to provide information due to public safety and operational security concerns.
AnsweredQoN 1387Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to the media reports of photos published by Western Australia Police and Western Australia Labor on the 5th August 2024, “The WA Firearms Act Reform Voluntary Buyback Scheme”, and I ask: (a) Did the Minister for Police and anyone in his offices correspond with WA Police regarding the preparation of this media event: (i) If so, please provide all correspondence; (b) Did a member of the WA Police take the images and videos that appear on WA Labor’s Instagram posted on the 7th of August of the firearms in a truck: (i) If so, please outline the costs of media equipment used to produce the media event; (c) Was the truck appearing in the images and video hired: (i) If so, did the WA Police hire the truck: (A) If so, outline the cost of hiring the truck containing the surrendered firearms; (d) Outline the security required for the transportation of the surrendered firearms truck; (e) How many witches’ hats were used for the media event; (f) Where
did the media event take place; (g) How many security personnel were required for the media event; (h) Was security of the media event provided by the WA Police: (i) If so, outline the cost of the security; (i) Were any safety protocols waived by the Minister for Police to allow the media event; (j) If normal safety protocols were waived, can the Western Australian public be confident the Government committed to upholding the Firearms Act 2024; (k) Were all guns photographed collected under the WA Firearms Act Reform Voluntary Buyback Scheme: (i) If not, please provide how and from where the firearms were attained; and (l) How many of the pictured firearms were collected from regional areas?
did the media event take place; (g) How many security personnel were required for the media event; (h) Was security of the media event provided by the WA Police: (i) If so, outline the cost of the security; (i) Were any safety protocols waived by the Minister for Police to allow the media event; (j) If normal safety protocols were waived, can the Western Australian public be confident the Government committed to upholding the Firearms Act 2024; (k) Were all guns photographed collected under the WA Firearms Act Reform Voluntary Buyback Scheme: (i) If not, please provide how and from where the firearms were attained; and (l) How many of the pictured firearms were collected from regional areas?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
22 October 2024
Responded by
Minister for Police
Response time
5 days
The Western Australia Police Force advise that due to public safety and operational security this information will not be disclosed.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.