House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2018-05-29 Daily Xml

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Police Protection Vests

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:45): Supplementary question: when is the trial starting?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:45): The trial has—there are already conversations about which vests we are going to get and how that's going to happen. It's being rolled out.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, members on my left!

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: We are looking at the procurement process. You have to go one step at a time. So that's what's happening here. We are having a look at what are on option, what vests are on option.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: I didn't trial any.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: After 16 years—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Minister, please be seated.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —you guys have trialled—

The SPEAKER: The minister will be seated. The minister is entitled to answer his question in silence.

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Leader, sit down. Minister.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: I will just complete my answer by explaining that, again, when you were in government you trialled none. We will be rolling out our process in due course. We are in charge of the process.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Morphett.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The leader is warned. The Premier is skating close to the edge today. The member for Morphett.