COMMUNITY SAFETY DIRECTORATE

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (14:51): Perhaps the police minister can help the Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion answer this one then, as a supplementary. Is Mr Tony Harrison still on the SAFECOM board with Mr David Place, as is—

Members interjecting:

Dr McFETRIDGE: I'll start again if you like, Tom. Do you want me to start again?

Mr Goldsworthy: Tell Kenyon to shut up.

Dr McFETRIDGE: I can speak quickly, but I may need to speak loudly as well, sir.

The SPEAKER: Would the member for Morphett be seated? I am going to call to order all those involved in that little exchange: the Minister for Higher Education, the Minister for Manufacturing, and the member for Kavel. The member for Morphett.

Dr McFETRIDGE: You got the trifecta. As a supplementary, then, to the Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, and perhaps the police minister can help him here: is Mr Tony Harrison still on the SAFECOM board, with Mr David Place as his deputy, as indicated in the Government Gazette last Thursday?

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) (14:53): The situation—

Mr Pengilly: Make a phone call, Michael.

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN: Yes. The situation is that David Place is the acting CE of SAFECOM and, by virtue of that position, is the chair of the SAFECOM board.

Dr McFetridge: He is listed as Tony Harrison's deputy in the Gazette.

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN: Well that is now being altered. The situation is that both positions that Tony Harrison held, as the CE of both SAFECOM and the Community Safety Directorate, have been replaced by David Place. The arrangement is that the CE of SAFECOM is the chair of the SAFECOM board. So, that is the situation as it stands, and it will be duly gazetted.