Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Police Stations Police Stations The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS Legislative Council Police Stations The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS (15:11): Supplementary: will the minister acknowledge local concern about the lack of details of the specific usage data for the Salisbury, Holden Hill and Golden Grove police stations, particularly in relation to after-hours demand that demonstrates that the local community will not be adversely affected by proposed changes in opening hours? The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS Legislative Council Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety Police Stations The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:12): I understand that SAPOL, through its organisational reform effort, has been engaging actively with local government, including the local government organisation that the Hon. Mr Dawkins refers to, in providing them with the information that they need to be able to make a contribution that they would reasonably be able to hope to regarding the police station hours review. I would encourage them to make a submission. Obviously, the Hon. Mr Dawkins is conscious of the fact that they already have. I am sure that the Salisbury council, if it wants additional information from SAPOL is more than capable of asking for it. If SAPOL is in a position to be able to provide the information, then I would applaud any efforts on their behalf to do so. It is very much an interaction that should be occurring without ministerial interference from the local government organisation to which you refer or SAPOL themselves. If the Salisbury council has strong views about its local police station, I would actively encourage them—and if they already have, I applaud them in their efforts—to make a thorough detailed submission to the police commissioner for him to take into account once he makes the decisions that he is likely to make.