Country Fire Service

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (14:49): A supplementary, Mr Speaker: as many CFS firefighters now have both bushfire and structural protective clothing, will they now in fact be getting two extra sets of protective clothing, and what is the budget for that extra set?

The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:49): I do not have the figures with me—I am happy to get them for you—but we are spending a number of millions of dollars on this program over the next few years. What I can say, and I will verify this, is that my understanding is the set will be appropriate to the needs of that particular brigade and that will vary from brigade to brigade in terms of the work they do. For example, some brigades do a lot more structural work than others and some do no structural fires, so they will get the set to fit the purpose and that, to me, that makes sense.