Youth Crime

The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD (14:41): Supplementary: Attorney, is the SAPOL budget sufficient to address rising youth crime?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (14:41): He does very well, the Hon. Dennis Hood—very well. It is a mystery to us on this side why he is not on the front bench, probably in the leader's seat. Be that as it may, he was able to ask a supplementary question, unlike—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: What's that?

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: Maybe, deputy leader. I wasn't saying that he should necessarily be leader.

The PRESIDENT: Order! Interjections are out of order. Attorney, complete your answer so we can move on.

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: I thank the honourable member for his question because it allows me to reiterate that his party, when in government, took a very different approach from what we are doing in government: tens of millions of dollars being cut from the police budget as opposed to tens of millions of dollars being invested in the police budget.