Correctional Services

Mr GARDNER (Morialta) (14:47): Supplementary, sir: can the minister guarantee that there will be enough holding cells for police to continue making arrests over the Christmas period, given that there is a nine-day courts recess and the minister's white paper that is going to solve all these problems certainly won't have been dealt with by then?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (14:47): I think that's out of order, isn't it?

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: Mr Speaker, as an indulgence I am happy to answer a supplementary out of order question, and the answer is that we are making every effort to improve the system. We will continue to do so and we will be perfectly happy to engage with the member for Morialta and others about the quite bold solutions we will be putting forward. We hope they will engage with that in a positive way so that we can actually achieve meaningful change in the justice system.