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Schools, Random Drug Searches

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:34): My question is to the Minister for Police. Will the minister instruct the police commissioner to dispatch police officers and sniffer dogs into public schools to undertake random drugs searches, as promised by the Liberal Party?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:34): I thank the leader for the question. We outlined our policies at the election, and the sniffer dogs policy is definitely one. We will sit down and I will talk to the commissioner about our policies. I will not instruct the commissioner what to do. We will discuss what our policies are, and we will have those conversations. The police commissioner—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Elizabeth is called to order. The member for Kaurna is warned for the second and final time.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —makes all operational decisions. We have already sat down with the police commissioner and also the head of education, and we will continue to have those conversations. That is rolling out as we speak. We are working through that with the parties who are involved as well. We have had a chat, also, with the people who operate the dogs as well. So we are progressing that, like we are with all of our policies. We have taken them to an election. We have won an election. The public clearly voted for a change of government, for a strong plan for real change, as we have outlined over and over again.

Our policies are in train. We are speaking with the appropriate people, and we will be delivering on all of our commitments. We have made our 100-day commitments and we have made our full-policy commitments, so we are speaking with all the parties that are involved in those policy areas, and we will be delivering them in full.

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