City West

Mr TELFER (Flinders) (14:14): My question is to the Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services. Has the government received any advice from SAPOL in relation to extending the declared public precinct for the City West area? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Mr TELFER: Two weeks ago the media reported that South Australia Police wanted to extend their powers to crack down on antisocial behaviour in Adelaide's central business district.

The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS (Cheltenham—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services) (14:15): I can advise the member, as I did previously, that the work that has been undertaken between SAPOL and the Attorney-General, as the decision-maker under the statute in this case, is ongoing. I understand that SAPOL is working collaboratively and closely with the Attorney-General to furnish him with the information necessary to determine a series of those matters that the act must contemplate in the consideration both of the current DPP and the extension of previous DPPs. I am not the responsible minister for that, but I can advise that SAPOL have been working very closely with the attorney.