House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA POLICE

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (14:52): Supplementary, sir.

The SPEAKER: I will listen carefully to see if it is a supplementary.

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: Given that the minister said that there are more police officers on the street now than at the election of 2010, can he please advise the house how many?

An honourable member: Numbers.

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: The number—how many more are on the street?

The SPEAKER: No, I don't think that arises from the minister's answer. The member for Lee.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. M.J. WRIGHT: Thank you for the call, sir—

The Hon. I.F. EVANS: Point of order, Mr Speaker.

The SPEAKER: A point of order from the member for Davenport.

The Hon. I.F. EVANS: I just wonder, for the clarity of the house, whether you could explain that ruling. Given that the minister said in his answer that there were more police on the frontline now than at the 2010 election and then the member for Stuart, as the shadow minister for police, asked for the numbers, how is that not a supplementary to the answer provided by the Minister for Police?

The SPEAKER: It is not supplementary to the question the member for Stuart asked—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Lee.