The January 2016 Waroona Fire caused significant damage, particularly to the town of Yarloop, and resulted in the tragic loss of life. The Government of Western Australia committed to managing bushfire-related risk and continuously improving the state’s capabilities to prevent, mitigate and respond to major bushfires to protect the Western Australian community and the assets...

Applications are software programs that facilitate an organisation’s key business processes. Typical administrative processes dependent on software applications include finance, human resources, licensing and billing. Applications also facilitate specialist functions that are peculiar and essential to individual entities. Each year we review a selection of key applications that agencies rely on to deliver services. Our...

This report shows that measures of severe housing stress have increased more for renters in WA than the rest of Australia. While most key workers have seen an increase, from 2013 to 2015, in the number of suburbs in which they can rent an affordable dwelling, the same cannot be said for those on the...

This report has been prepared for submission to Parliament under the provisions of section 24 of the Auditor General Act 2006. It provides opinions on the reasonableness and appropriateness of three decisions by two ministers not to provide information to Parliament. · One decision by the Minister for Lands, the Hon Terry Redman MLA, not...

Describes the effectiveness of correctional education in improving post-release outcomes Abstract Using a longitudinal dataset of prisoners in Western Australia, this paper describes the effectiveness of correctional education in improving post-release outcomes. The report shows that the more classes completed by prisoners the lower the rate of re-incarceration and the less likely they are to...