Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Was there no handover? Were no records kept? Mr Gray said in his speech during the second reading debate:

I apologise because this oversight, this shortfall, this lack of consistent dealing consistent with the act's fine requirements, was first exposed to the government in 2011 and we, and I, did nothing to attend to it then, placing an onerous obligation on the current government to act in a legislative way …

So quite clearly the department knew about it in 2011. Does this happen frequently?