ADELAIDE HILLS MOTORCYCLING ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY

The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS (14:53): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Road Safety a question about the Adelaide Hills Motorcycling Road Safety Strategy.

Leave granted.

The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS: The Adelaide Hills Motorcycling Road Safety Strategy was released in May 2004 by the Adelaide Hills Community Safety Group. The strategy was prepared in response to the state government's Motorcycling Road Safety Strategy 2005-10, but state government funding was discounted shortly after the release and the group was disbanded. Given strong ongoing local government support for the road safety group, as well as the significant number of injuries and deaths resulting from motorcycle accidents in the region, what resources will the minister provide to reactivate the group and to enable the recommendations of the strategy to be addressed and implemented?

The Hon. CARMEL ZOLLO (Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister Assisting the Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:55): The honourable member is correct: we do have a Motorcycling Road Safety Strategy 2005-10. We have a state strategy. Clearly, the 2004 Adelaide Hills Motorcycle Road Safety Strategy was before my time as minister. I suspect that it would have been picked up within the State Motorcycle Road Safety Strategy because, clearly, it would be beneficial to act as one within a state.

Nonetheless, I do take the point that, in the Adelaide Hills in particular, motorcycling can be dangerous. I would be surprised if a representative from that area, or perhaps a particular group, does not work within a task force on our Road Safety Advisory Council which, of course, makes recommendations to me through Sir Eric Neal. I will undertake to get some further advice from the department and bring back a response for the honourable member.