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The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (14:57): A supplementary. Can the minister also outline any work he is doing to ensure that staff, such as camera operators, are trained to be aware that, for example, they need to keep the interpreter in the frame so that they are not cut out from view?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:57): Yes, I can answer that. I can advise that I am not doing any work in that respect. We do, of course, have the freedom of the press and, despite my best efforts in the past, I can assure members that I have never been successful in trying to persuade a journalist to ask a particular question or a cameraman to take a particular angle.

However, I would very much hope and encourage those who are present at press conferences, particularly those who are providing for live news feeds, that where Auslan interpreters are provided for, those wider camera angles take into account the fact that Auslan interpreters are used so that members of the community who have a hearing impairment can see the Auslan interpreter. I could be corrected on this, but I was of the understanding that the live feed that was taken from the one press conference held last week where there was an Auslan interpreter was indeed taken with a wide camera image.