Government Radio Network

The Hon. J.S. LEE (14:53): A supplementary question: in 2011, then acting police minister, Bernard Finnigan, wrote to the federal government and detailed the effects of a prolonged power failure on emergency services communications and public alert systems. Why has nothing been done to limit failures when such a major incident happened yesterday?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:53): This state government has invested $154 million into the Government Radio Network. The Government Radio Network, throughout the course of this event thus far, as I explained and advised earlier, has been performing exceptionally well. The Government Radio Network is the envy of many other jurisdictions throughout the country. We continue to monitor its ongoing performance. Of course, sustained power outages present a risk to the Government Radio Network, but thus far it is performing as planned and as designed.