RUNDLE MALL

The Hon. S.G. WADE (15:48): Considering the council has acknowledged that council by-laws cannot be enforced without police assistance if a person is not willing to give their name or address, will the government commit to police assisting the council to enforce the model by-law?

The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for State/Local Government Relations) (15:49): The police are there to serve the public of South Australia. I will say again that this new model by-law does give the tools to the Adelaide City Council to regulate certain issues which would negate a lot of the problems in the mall.

The police force and its resources in particular—such as the 12 officers whom I saw there on that Friday night—should be well and truly used in other parts of the city where they are required. All I am saying to this council now is let us give the Adelaide City Council the tools with which they can regulate the preachers and allow the police to get on and look after other parts of the city that could be dangerous.