❓ Hon. Ken Travers questions the Minister for Police regarding the justification for not implementing random breath testing for boat skippers, citing a lack of serious crashes caused by intoxicated skippers. The Attorney General, representing the Minister, redirects the question to the Minister for Transport.
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BOAT SKIPPERS — RANDOM BREATH TESTING
50. Hon KEN TRAVERS to the
Attorney General representing the Minister for Police:
The Attorney General will hog all of the ABC camera time
today!
I refer to the Minister for PoliceXXX ###XXXs
comments in The West Australian on 22 January —
� that there had not been enough
serious crashes caused by intoxicated skippers to warrant the cost of changing
laws and funding police to do random breath testing of skippers.
(1) Can the minister table the
statistics on which this claim is based?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
50. Hon KEN TRAVERS to the
Attorney General representing the Minister for Police:
The Attorney General will hog all of the ABC camera time
today!
I refer to the Minister for PoliceXXX ###XXXs
comments in The West Australian on 22 January —
� that there had not been enough
serious crashes caused by intoxicated skippers to warrant the cost of changing
laws and funding police to do random breath testing of skippers.
(1) Can the minister table the
statistics on which this claim is based?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
On behalf of the Minister for Police, I thank the honourable
member for some notice of this question.
(1) The
Department of Transport has responsibility for persons impaired by drugs and
alcohol while in control of a boat and, as such, requests for data on offences
of this nature should be directed to the Minister for Transport.
(2) Not applicable.
member for some notice of this question.
(1) The
Department of Transport has responsibility for persons impaired by drugs and
alcohol while in control of a boat and, as such, requests for data on offences
of this nature should be directed to the Minister for Transport.
(2) Not applicable.
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