Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Youth Crime Youth Crime The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD Legislative Council 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 Legislative Council Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Attorney-General Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector Special Minister of State 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 Legislative Council Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Attorney-General Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector Special Minister of State The Hon. K.J. MAHER: What's that? The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Attorney-General Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector Special Minister of State The Hon. K.J. MAHER: Maybe, deputy leader. I wasn't saying that he should necessarily be leader. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! Interjections are out of order. Attorney, complete your answer so we can move on. The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Attorney-General Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector Special Minister of State 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.