Questions

434. Hon ALISON XAMON to the minister representing the Minister for Police:

I refer to prosecutorial discretion in assaults against public officers occasioning bodily harm.

(1) Would the minister please advise the process undertaken by the police prosecuting division in determining whether to proceed with a charge of assault against a public officer occasioning bodily harm.

(2) Is there a specific policy which provides how these decisions are to be made?

424. Hon ALISON XAMON to the minister representing the Minister for Commerce and Industrial Relations:

I refer to the minister’s announcement on 12 July 2017 regarding the development of a work health and safety bill. Will the proposed legislation include provision for compensation payments for dependents of workers who die at work if those workers were working in Western Australia on 457 visas; and, if not, why not?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

The minister has provided the following answer.