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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2016-08-04" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Blue Light</name>
      <text id="20160804737ce2db5c194a28b0000143">
        <heading>Blue Light</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="599" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2016-08-04">
            <name>Blue Light</name>
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        <startTime time="2016-08-04T14:45:02" />
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          <by role="member" id="599">The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS (14:45):</by>  Will the minister indicate whether the police commissioner intends to provide a reinvigoration program for Blue Light, which is significantly recognised throughout South Australia and in many areas is a youth development organisation that is regarded just as highly as Neighbourhood Watch?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5084" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2016-08-04">
            <name>Blue Light</name>
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        <startTime time="2016-08-04T14:45:30" />
        <text id="20160804737ce2db5c194a28b0000145">
          <timeStamp time="2016-08-04T14:45:30" />
          <by role="member" id="5084">The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:45):</by>  The honourable member is quite right. Blue Light discos and the like have been very effective in some respects regarding community policing in South Australia. The neighbourhood reinvigoration project was a government initiative. The investment by the government in the Neighbourhood Watch reinvigoration program is something that we are proud to support. I am not aware, and certainly cannot recall, any suggestion that the Blue Light program is being wound down. I am happy to make those inquiries to establish exactly what the future of Blue Light is, but I am sure the police commissioner, when he makes any decisions regarding the Blue Light program, as with all others, is taking into account community safety first and foremost.</text>
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