South Australia Police

The Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE (15:21): Supplementary to the minister's question: can the minister advise whether the increase in prison officers has been at the relevant ratio to the increase in prisoners?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:22): I would like to thank the honourable member for his question. Economies of scale inevitably results in more efficiencies in terms of numbers of staff. I am more than happy to take that particular question on notice and provide the honourable member with some accurate data as to the precise number of staff that we currently have within the department.