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Police Commissioner Protocol

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:55): Does the police minister stand by the remarks made by the Premier only a few moments ago regarding instructing the police commissioner?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER Order! The leader will depart the chamber for half an hour under 137A(1). He has been on two warnings for a long period of time.

The honourable member for Croydon having withdrawn from the chamber:

Mr KOUTSANTONIS: Point of order: this is unprecedented.

The SPEAKER: No, it's not.

Mr KOUTSANTONIS: You can't just throw the leader out.

Members interjecting:

Mr KOUTSANTONIS: Transparency is it? Transparency. Throw out the leader.

The SPEAKER: Be seated. The member for West Torrens, order! If the member for West Torrens continues, he will be departing the chamber under 137A(1). The Premier will continue.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:56): It's hard to remember what the question was, sir. I think it was something about the faux outrage from those opposite about commitments that we made in the lead-up to the election, which we stand by. The reality is that we said we would ask or direct, instruct the police commissioner—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Can you just all sit quietly.

The SPEAKER Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I know you are all excited. Some of you haven't had a question yet, so submit them. You might have a process being developed over there. There's not much evidence of it so far, but maybe over time.

The SPEAKER: The Premier will continue with the answer.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Thank you, sir. In the lead-up to the election, we made it very clear that we would be directing the police commissioner to develop a protocol. I have already had a meeting with the police commissioner about this. I have raised this issue with him. Let me tell you, the police commissioner doesn't have a problem whatsoever to develop a protocol for being able to make sure that our children in schools are safe.

It beggars belief that those opposite want to argue about the issue of keeping our children in schools safe, because that is exactly what they are doing. They are not saying, 'How can we work with you in the government to keep our children safe?' They are not coming in here saying, 'What legislation is required to keep our children safe?' They are not saying, 'We will do everything within our power to jointly work together to deal with this scourge of drugs which is affecting the next generation in South Australia.' That's not what they are doing.

I can see the embarrassed looks on some of the reasonable opposition members' faces at some of the behaviour of those people who are trying to make politics out of keeping our children safe. Some of those members opposite would like to see their party get back to looking after the people we are all elected to serve.

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