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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2024-06-27T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
  <venue></venue>
  <reviewStage>published</reviewStage>
  <startPage num="5967" />
  <endPage num="5995" />
  <dateModified time="2024-09-19T10:26:15+09:30" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <heading>Answers to Questions</heading>
    </text>
    <subject>
      <name>SAPOL General Orders</name>
      <text id="20240627c1a2a3898a13404c90000451">
        <inserted>
          <heading>SAPOL General Orders</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4363" referenceid="93519aefc9814df9a5e20a43c35e142f" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. T.A. FRANKS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2024-06-27T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>SAPOL General Orders</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20240627c1a2a3898a13404c90000452">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4363" referenceid="93519aefc9814df9a5e20a43c35e142f">the Hon. T.A. FRANKS </by>().30 April 2024).  </inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2024-06-27T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>SAPOL General Orders</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20240627c1a2a3898a13404c90000453">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector):</by>  I am advised by the Minister for Police:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20240627c1a2a3898a13404c90000454">
          <inserted>Between 1 January 2014 and 14 May 2024, the SAPOL Corporate Policy Unit received and responded to 93 subpoenas requiring production of general orders. SAPOL does not maintain a record of the number of refused requests.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20240627c1a2a3898a13404c90000455">
          <inserted>Between 1 January 2014 and 14 May 2024, SAPOL received 31 freedom of information applications for general orders. Over this period one application was refused.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
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