SOUTH AUSTRALIA POLICE

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (14:50): My question is again for the Minister for Police. With over 80 per cent of the time already gone between the 2010 and 2014 elections, can the minister point to even one of the government's last election promises for police that has been implemented?

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN (Napier—Minister for Finance, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:51): I can say to the house, and specifically to—

Mr Pengilly interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Finniss is called to order.

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN: —the member for Stuart, that there are more police on the frontline in South Australia than at any time in the state's history.

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: Point of order, sir.

The SPEAKER: Member for Stuart.

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: My question was quite specific: can the minister point to even one—

The SPEAKER: Yes, and the minister is doing that, and you are called to order. Minister for Police.

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN: For six years in a row, we have more frontline police per head of capita than in any other state in Australia; a new Police Academy ($54.3 million); new police headquarters ($41 million); new police stations across the state—most recently, the new one in Murray Bridge at a cost of $12.6 million, which will service the Murray-Mallee Local Service Area. More importantly, there has been a 40 per cent reduction in crime in the last 10 years—a direct reflection of the effort and resource that we have placed at SAPOL's—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Davenport is warned for the second time.

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN: There is no clearer indication of the level of resource that this government has placed at SAPOL's discretion and use than the fact that we have reduced crime in this state by 40 per cent over the last 10 years.