Answers to Questions

SKYCITY

261 The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD (10 April 2008). Can the Minister for Gambling advise:

1. How many children were found abandoned within, or in relation to, the SkyCity Adelaide Casino in 2006 and 2007?

2. How many thefts and other crimes are known to have occurred in, or in relation to, the SkyCity Adelaide Casino in the last five years?

3. How many 'procedural breaches' has the SkyCity Adelaide Casino committed in:

(a) 2005;

(b) 2006; and

(c) 2007?

The Hon. CARMEL ZOLLO (Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister for Gambling, Minister Assisting the Minister for Multicultural Affairs): I have been advised that:

1. The number of minors, up to the age of 17, found unaccompanied by an adult in the SkyCity Adelaide Casino's environs, and reported to the Office of the Liquor and Gambling Commissioner's (OLGC) casino inspectorate in 2006 was 20. The number reported in 2007 was 12. These incidents were not in the casino's licensed area, but were in the vicinity of the casino including outside the North Terrace entrance and on Station Road.

2. The number of thefts and other crimes known to have occurred in, or in relation to the SkyCity Adelaide Casino which were reported by SkyCity Adelaide to the OLGC's casino inspectorate in the period 2002-07 was 447.

3. The number of breaches of procedures detected by the OLGC's casino inspectorate at the SkyCity Adelaide Casino in 2005 was 47. The number detected in 2006 was 95 and 151 in 2007.