Commissioner of Police

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (11:41): A supplementary question arising out of the minister's answer: given that the minister has chosen not to take the question simply on notice and to provide some additional comment, can the minister now indicate whether he believes it is incumbent upon the Commissioner of Police and all police officers to follow the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment guideline on gifts and benefits?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:42): Of course, if the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment has put in place guidelines that apply to the public sector writ large, then of course I would have thought it would be everyone's expectation that it is complied with, but I'm not aware of any suggestion that that has not been the case.