Police Retention and Recruitment

The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD (15:03): Supplementary: I thank the Attorney for his answer. Given that an additional 401 sworn officers will be required by 2030, is he concerned about achieving that number or is he confident that we can actually achieve that?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:04): I thank the honourable member for his question. I am absolutely confident that SAPOL are conducting everything they can to make sure we have as many officers recruited as possible. As I said, some of the measures are recruiting particularly from the UK. I know they are very active in recruiting from other areas. I am confident that they are doing everything they can do to make sure they have the officers, and as I have said the figures from the Report on Government Services certainly show quite a degree of success in that.