NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (15:10): My question is again to the Premier. As the Premier has now had 24 hours to look into the matter, will he confirm whether or not he has received the budget bid for the neighbourhood policing teams?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts) (15:10): I thought I had confirmed it yesterday, but I have no doubt that my office would have, given that I chair a particular committee; but I do not comment on the fact or otherwise of budget bids that come into my office. The reason we do not do that is that they are budget processes that are auspiced by cabinet, and we do not traverse the discussions that go on in the cabinet process.