Naracoorte Police Station

Mr McBRIDE (MacKillop) (15:12): My question is to the Treasurer and Minister for Police. Can the Treasurer give a timeline for the build of the Naracoorte Police Station. With your leave, Mr Speaker, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Mr McBRIDE: Last sitting week the Treasurer announced that a new $18 million police station will be built at 31 Smith Street. Constituents would like to know when this building will start.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Treasurer, Minister for Defence and Space Industries, Minister for Police) (15:13): I thank the member for MacKillop for his question. The member is right, I did advise the house that there is a new Naracoorte Police Station to be built, and I am pleased to advise the house that the expected timeframe for the completion of this new police facility in the member's electorate is late 2027.

Construction will commence shortly on the identified block of land which I advised the house of in the last sitting week. While that is under construction, of course, the existing facilities will continue to be used before they are decommissioned, towards the beginning of 2028, enabling a changeover of policing resources to occur from one facility to another.

The proposed total building area of the new facility will be substantially larger—I am advised at approximately 750 square metres—and that will include the police station, the police holding cell complex, as well as other facilities and amenities necessary for contemporary work accommodation arrangements for serving police. As we are able to get further particulars at hand, I look forward to keeping the house advised of progress.