Clipsal 500 Tickets for Volunteers

The Hon. A.L. McLACHLAN (15:00): My question is to the Minister for Emergency Services. Are Clipsal 500 tickets being provided to CFS volunteers again this year, as has been the practice in previous years, and will they be tickets for the weekend race days to ensure volunteers will not be required to take any personal leave to attend the event?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:00): I am of the understanding and have been advised that a number of tickets to volunteers within our community are being distributed. I am advised that the way those tickets is being distributed is through the relevant volunteer organisations, both the SES and CFS volunteers associations. I have been advised that it is a substantial number of tickets—I do not have the specific number of tickets at hand—and I believe, and I am more than happy to double-check this, that it is the number of tickets consistent with what has been the case in previous years. As to the specific days on which the tickets provide access, I am more than happy to take that question on notice and provide an answer to the honourable member as quickly as possible.