Emergency Services

The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:56): A supplementary question. Just to clarify, is the minister's answer suggesting that last week the State Emergency Management Plan provisions in relation to Auslan interpreters were not activated because it was not a declared state emergency? If so, have the new Auslan provisions been activated since the changes the Hon. Kelly Vincent has facilitated?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:56): As I described, the Auslan provision that exists within the State Emergency Management Plan is activated when there is a declared emergency. I can inform the house that since 25 June last year, the date I referred to, there has not been a declared emergency.