House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2018-05-16 Daily Xml

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Police Station Opening Hours

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:14): My question is to the Minister for Police. Does the minister think that the police commissioner made the wrong decision to amend police station operating hours to focus on front-line policing?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:15): As I have answered before in this ongoing saga, this ongoing question, we took a policy to—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, members on my left!

Mr Koutsantonis interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens is called to order.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —the election and outlined our policies very clearly. We made it abundantly clear that we are going to extend the opening hours of three police stations, and that is what the people of South Australia want. They voted for that and they want that. That is our policy, that is what we will be delivering on, and I am having great conversations—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —with the police commissioner about delivering on our policies.

The SPEAKER: Before I call the leader, I call to order the Premier, the member for Morialta and the member for Bragg. The leader.