APY LANDS, COMMUNITY CONSTABLES

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:43): Can the minister also clarify with the Minister for Police how many of those sworn police officers on the APY lands can actually speak in language and communicate with the people of the APY lands in their first tongue?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Tourism, Minister for the Status of Women) (14:44): I can absolutely assure the honourable member that there are more than under the former Liberal government.