Police Mounted Operations Unit

Mr TELFER (Flinders) (14:30): My question is to the Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services. Can the minister advise what work, if any, has commenced at Gepps Cross for SAPOL's mounted division?

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Treasurer) (14:30): I rise to respond to this question because the Premier asked me to try to coordinate the work that has been done between Renewal SA and also the Minister for Planning and the Minister for Police and the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, which are the three different agencies that would have—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The Treasurer has the call.

Mr Patterson interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Morphett is warned.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Taylor! Member for Colton!

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: It's a serious question. I'm prepared to give it a serious answer. I don't think the member for Flinders is joking around when he asks this. This is an issue of some interest to him. Gepps Cross, as a site, has been selected. It was one of two sites the government announced it was undertaking investigations into. It was between West Beach and Gepps Cross. They are almost equidistant to one another in their proximity to the GPO and, as it turned out, the Airport has some other plans that it's interested in pursuing. We were also—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: I know that those opposite were propositioned when they were in government for a wave park. Wave parks and basketball stadiums, if that's their—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: Don't forget the sky walk. That was a big deal. That went well—a big winner.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: And the sky walk. They were the economic panacea for the state under those opposite. I get it.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: But our priority here has been providing a home for the police greys that will suit the needs of the Mounted Operations Unit for decades to come—for decades to come—and Gepps Cross has been landed on. My understanding is that ground clearing works and site levelling have already been started and we look forward to major construction getting underway as quickly as practicable.