Assembly Tuesday, 13 June 2000

7588 [ASSEMBLY] (a) (i) $ 9,451,884 (ii) $10,727,161 (iii) $12,031,389 (iv) $13,141,839 (v) $13,329,157 (vi) $11,650,586 (vii) $11,246,662 (b) (i) $5,088,042 (ii) $7,089,055 (iii) $7,751,052 (iv) $7,306,528 (v) $6,528,661 (vi) $8,165,002 (vii) $8,647,870 (c) (i) $229,539 (ii) $354,182 (iii) $467,977 (iv) $431,881 (v) $523,481 (vi) $450,300 (vii) $1,006,784 (d) (i) $224,537 (ii) $291,808 (iii) $263,141 (iv) $226,847 (v) $171,998 (vi) $213,305 (vii) $355,703 (e) (i) $377,420 (ii) $189,147 (iii) $126,680 (iv) $121,752 (v) $99,057 (vi) $100,610 (vii) $173,560 (f) (i) $326,769 (ii) $302,411 (iii) $572,180 (iv) $556,009 (v) $712,401 (vi) $580,120 (vii) $451,001 (g) (i) $2,486,093 (ii) $2,295,206 (iii) $2,461,142 (iv) $2,688,134 (v) $2,884,905 (vi) $3,626,077 (vii) $3,822,948 (h) (i) $6,244,428 (ii) $5,694,434 (iii) $7,529,853 (iv) $8,297,387 (v) $8,137,803 (vi) $8,101,133 (vii) $6,287,776 SECUREFORCE INTERNATIONAL, CONTRACT WITH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT 2383. Ms MacTIERNAN to the Minister representing the Minister for Transport I refer to the Department of Transport’s contract with Secureforce International and ask - (a) what bus stations are covered by this contract; (b) how many security officers are rostered at each of these stations; (c) will the Minister outline the range of responsibilities of the company under this contract; (d) will the Minister confirm that on 16 November 1999 only Mirrabooka and Morley stations had security officers and that these officers left after only 2 hours of duty; (e) will the Minister confirm that on 17 November 1999 there was only one officer on duty at both Morley and Rockingham stations; and [Tuesday, 13 June 2000] 7589 (f) will the Minister confirm that on both 18 and 19 November 1999 there were no security officers at all bus stations except for a mobile patrol? Mr COWAN replied: The Hon Minister for Transport has provided the following response: (a) The bus stations covered by the contract are the City Busport, Wellington Street Bus Station, Mirrabooka Bus Station, Morley Bus Station, Rockingham Bus Station, Kwinana Bus Station, Booragoon Bus Station and Murdoch Park ‘n’ Ride. (b) The number of static officers on duty at bus stations can vary between one and three. The contract requires a total of 580 hours coverage to be provided each week. The hours provided to an individual station may be varied according to the assessed needs of that station. The hours of coverage are agreed between the Department of Transport’s Common User Infrastructure Management Contractor (Serco Australia Pty Ltd) and Secureforce at the commencement of each week. There is also an additional requirement for a total of 195 random visits per week to be made by mobile patrols. These normally comprise three visits per station per weekday and up to six visits per day on the weekend but again these may be varied according to the assessed needs of an individual station. (c) The contracted responsibilities are to provide a security presence for the travelling public. This can be in either static presentation or mobile patrols or both. The primary purpose of the security contract is to reduce the level of graffiti, harassment of passengers, fights, drug abuse, verbal misbehaviour, car break-ins, theft and any other anti-social behaviour detrimental to the safety and comfort of passengers. (d) On 16 November 1999, security officers were on duty at all stations. The officers at Mirrabooka and Morley stations did not leave after two hours of duty. (e) On 17 November 1999, only one officer was on duty at the Rockingham and Morley bus stations. This was due to staff shortages caused through sickness. (f) On 18 November 1999, security officers were stationed at Rockingham, Mirrabooka and Wellington Street bus stations. Murdoch, Morley and Mirrabooka were also supplemented with mobile patrols. No coverage was provided at Booragoon. The above arrangements were required due to staff shortages caused through sickness. On 19 November 1999, security officers were stationed at Rockingham, Murdoch, Booragoon and Wellington Street bus stations. Morley and Mirrabooka were covered with mobile patrols. The above arrangements were required due to staff shortages caused through sickness. TIMBER RAILWAY SLEEPERS, VOLUME 2386. Dr EDWARDS to the Minister for Forest Products: (1) What was the last year in which the CALM Annual Report gave the figure for the volume of hardwood railway sleepers produced in WA? (2) For each year since the CALM Annual Report last gave that figure, will the Minister state how many cubic metres of hardwood railway sleepers were produced? (3) For each of those years does the Minister know what species of hardwood were used to produce the railway sleepers? (4) If yes to (3), for each year will the Minister state the volume of each species used? (5) Is the Minister aware that the Westrail specifications for timber railway sleepers clearly state that the timber must be first grade? (6) Does the Minister acknowledge that even where third grade sawlogs are used, the timber for sleepers must be first grade? (7) Does the ‘suspension date’ of July 1999 set by the Government for the production of timber railway sleepers apply to first grade timber sleepers cut from third grade sawlogs? (8) Is the Minister aware that Bunnings/Sotico’s sawmill at Deanmill, which buys only first grade sawlogs, cut railway sleepers as recently as January 2000? (9) Having set a ‘suspension date’ of July 1999 for the production of timber railway sleepers, how will the Government know that all of the 30,000 cubic metres of timber sleepers claimed to have been cut prior to July, which can still be bought by Westrail, were in fact cut before that date? (10) How will Westrail establish that any first grade timber it buys as sleepers does not have a higher value-added use, such as furniture? Mr OMODEI replied: (1) 1995-96..

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