Consumer Protection

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [2.43 pm]: I move — That this house —

(1)  notes the growing ageing population increasingly looking for suitable accommodation options to facilitate ageing in place;

(2)  calls on the government to reform the Retirement Villages Act 1992 and associated subsidiary legislation as amatter of priority, particularly, but not limited to, strengthening provisions in the following areas —

(a)  definitions;

1682. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Commerce and Industrial Relations; Electoral Affairs; Asian Engagement:

I refer to inquiries and/or complaints made to the Department of Consumer Protection in relation to retirement villages, and I ask:

(a)  how many inquiries were received by the department during the 2017–2018 financial year;

(b)  how is the information contained in an inquiry recorded;