Domestic Violence

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:31): Further supplementary: can the minister advise whether the Coroner's office, and in particular the research officer appointed there, has access to SAPOL statistics, and whether that is something that the government, if they do not have access, would consider allowing?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:31): I thank the honourable member again for another supplementary question. I understand that there is a very good working relationship between the police commissioner and the Coroner's office. I understand that there is a ready supply and flow of information between those two offices, specifically in respect of domestic violence. I will have to get a bit of additional information to work out precisely what information is shared between the two of them. But, as I understand it—and having followed this issue in recent days—information I have received indicates that there is a productive working relationship between the police commissioner and the Coroner's office, and that is something I think all South Australians would reasonably expect.