South Australia Police

The Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE (15:10): Supplementary: does the minister agree that the cuts the commissioner is facing are $260 million—yes or no?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:10): The Hon. Mr Brokenshire is speaking to the police budget within South Australia. The police budget in South Australia has continued to increase year on year over the life of this government. We wait and see what will be the outcome of the budget on Thursday: it is something that I think all cabinet ministers are very much looking forward to, myself included.

Over the life of this government the police budget has continued to increase. That is a record we are incredibly proud of. We have dramatically increased the size of the police budget compared with the former government's record, which of course was greatly influenced by the Hon. Mr Brokenshire.