House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Country Fire Service Country Fire Service Mr MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Leader of the Opposition Country Fire Service Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:16): My question is to the Minister for Emergency Services. Has the minister consulted with the CFS Volunteers Association on his decision to terminate the appointment of Chief Officer Nettleton? The Hon. C.L. WINGARD House of Assembly Gibson Minister for Police Minister for Recreation Country Fire Service The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:16): I thank the member for the question— The Hon. S.C. Mullighan interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Lee! The Hon. C.L. WINGARD House of Assembly The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —and I apologise for repeating the answer, but I just need to make it abundantly clear that it is a decision that I made, and we are moving forward. The contract was up. We are not renewing the contract, and we are working with the volunteers. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. C.L. WINGARD House of Assembly The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: We work closely with the volunteers every day. In fact, as I look around the room, I see the member for Hammond. I had a great tour with him and some of his wonderful CFS, as well as the member for Newland and the member for Morialta. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. C.L. WINGARD House of Assembly The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: I go down the line and I have visited numerous CFS stations and spoken to countless volunteers. We have a very volunteer-focused party/group— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. C.L. WINGARD House of Assembly The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —and we are going to deliver for our volunteers— The Hon. A. Koutsantonis interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens is called to order. The Hon. C.L. WINGARD House of Assembly The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —unlike those on the other side who didn't care much for their volunteers. They let their facilities run down—trashed the facilities that they lived in. But what we— The Hon. L.W.K. Bignell House of Assembly The Hon. L.W.K. Bignell: Doughnuts! The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Mawson is called to order for shouting 'doughnuts'. The Hon. C.L. WINGARD House of Assembly The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: We did deliver doughnuts for our volunteers. They delivered nothing for our volunteers. That was what they delivered—absolutely nothing. On the other hand, we very much care for our volunteers. We make it abundantly clear we are going to have a very strong volunteer capability within our emergency services. Our CFS crews in particular do a tireless job. We can't thank them enough. I have been out there thanking them week in, week out, ever since I came into this job, and we are going to be even stronger going forward.