Bushfire Preparedness

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (15:16): My question is to the Minister for Emergency Services. With the start of the fire danger season in the Mount Lofty Ranges today and given that currently there is a level 4 alarm bushfire burning at Kyeema near Willunga, a level 1 bushfire burning at Kuitpo, a level 3 bushfire burning at Woolshed Flat in the Barossa and a level 2 bushfire burning at Mount Pleasant, can the minister assure residents that recommendations from the AFAC Operational Audit of the Sampson Flat bushfire have been implemented and, if not, why not?

The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:17): I think I have actually answered this question previously when I tabled the report, and also in my response where I indicated that a number of the recommendations were implemented immediately and that a number of the recommendations required a number of agencies to work together. But there was nothing in that report which actually would suggest that we had to change anything dramatically in the way we operate. I am very confident that our emergency services can handle any matter that comes before them.

The SPEAKER: I do not uphold the Deputy Premier's point of order. The member for Adelaide is asking a question about an existing subsection of the act and I do not think that goes to the merits of the bill before the house. The member for Adelaide.