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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Police Ombudsman Annual Report</name>
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        <heading>Police Ombudsman Annual Report</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4847" kind="question">
        <name>Mr KNOLL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Schubert</electorate>
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          <question date="2017-09-27">
            <name>Police Ombudsman Annual Report</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4847">Mr KNOLL (Schubert) (15:07):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Police. What actions has the minister taken against the accusations that were raised in the Police Ombudsman's 2016-17 annual report?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4841" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.J. PICTON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Kaurna</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Police</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Correctional Services</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Emergency Services</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Road Safety</name>
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            <name>Minister Assisting the Minister for Health</name>
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            <name>Minister Assisting the Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse</name>
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          <question date="2017-09-27">
            <name>Police Ombudsman Annual Report</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4841">The Hon. C.J. PICTON (Kaurna—Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister Assisting the Minister for Health, Minister Assisting the Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (15:07):</by>  As the member stated, the Police Ombudsman's report was tabled yesterday. It is the last report by the Police Ombudsman because that position has obviously been abolished with the changes that were made by the Attorney's legislation in regard to police complaints. In the future, this process will be managed by the ICAC Commissioner and that, I think, is going to be an improvement on the process.</text>
        <text id="20170927437339e171a2405c80000524">In regard to the specifics of the report, I have read the report. It did make some recommendations to government about how—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4991">Mr Duluk interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The member for Davenport is warned for the second and final time.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. C.J. PICTON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4841">The Hon. C.J. PICTON:</by>  It did make recommendations about how the police complaints process could be further improved in the future, and I look forward to investigating that further and talking to the Attorney and the police commissioner.</text>
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