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  <date date="2023-05-17T10:30:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Police Numbers</name>
      <text id="2023051735d391de8d774b6190000590">
        <heading>Police Numbers</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6888" referenceid="1b23b655d40349f8a472b7b9eeba16df" kind="question">
        <name>Mr TELFER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Flinders</electorate>
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          <question date="2023-05-17T01:00:00+09:30">
            <name>Police Numbers</name>
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        <startTime time="2023-05-17T14:38:24+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="6888" referenceid="1b23b655d40349f8a472b7b9eeba16df">Mr TELFER (Flinders) (14:38):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services. Have there recently been more police officers assigned to work within the CBD in reaction to concerns around antisocial behaviour?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" referenceid="daab39c192204b0f88930f68be57ad22">
        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">West Torrens</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Infrastructure and Transport</name>
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            <name>Minister for Energy and Mining</name>
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          <by role="member" id="633" referenceid="daab39c192204b0f88930f68be57ad22">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS:</by>  Point of order, sir.</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Order! There is a point of order from the member for West Torrens, which I will hear under 134.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" referenceid="daab39c192204b0f88930f68be57ad22">
        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">West Torrens</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Infrastructure and Transport</name>
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            <name>Minister for Energy and Mining</name>
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          <by role="member" id="633" referenceid="daab39c192204b0f88930f68be57ad22">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS:</by>  Standing order 97, sir: there are assumed facts in that question, and I ask the member to rephrase.</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  It may be. I will give the member the opportunity to recast the question.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="6888" referenceid="1b23b655d40349f8a472b7b9eeba16df" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>Mr TELFER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Flinders</electorate>
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          <by role="member" id="6888" referenceid="1b23b655d40349f8a472b7b9eeba16df">Mr TELFER:</by>  Thank you, sir. My question is to the Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services. Has there been an increase in police officers assigned to work in the CBD and, if so, why?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5571" referenceid="211fedb0b8c24354b29ce9c0acb17416" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Cheltenham</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services</name>
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        <startTime time="2023-05-17T14:39:03+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="5571" referenceid="211fedb0b8c24354b29ce9c0acb17416">The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS (Cheltenham—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services) (14:39):</by>  There have been ongoing operations in the city, and there have been for a number of years. I can, with some further briefings for the shadow, provide some additional detail around that. City Safe is one of them and Paragon is another, but the short answer to the question is yes.</text>
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