STATE RECORDS OFFICE
HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [ 6.28 pm ]: On the eve of the budget being announced, I want to make some comments about the importance of ensuring that we maintain a strong and independent State Records Office. State records are effectively the memory of our government. It is not only an archive of our heritage, but also, most importantly, a way of ensuring government accountability. For members’ information, the need for an independent state archives entity was originally identified in the 1992 WA Inc royal commission.
