Police Protection Vests

Mr ODENWALDER (Elizabeth) (14:49): My question is to the Minister for Police. Has the minister informed the police commissioner that the government will not be proceeding with the purchase of stab-resistant vests for every front-line police officer?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:49): I thank the member for his question. To repeat the answer that I gave a few moments ago, we have our policy. We put our policy in place; it was an election commitment. We won the election on 17 March, just to remind the member for Elizabeth, and we will be delivering on our commitments.