House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2018-07-03 Daily Xml

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Police Station Opening Hours

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:48): My question is to the Minister for Police. Has SAPOL expressed any concerns, either in writing or verbally, about the government's extension of police station opening hours policy?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:48): I thank the member for the question. He keeps asking the same question. I will keep giving him the same answer, and that is that, yes, I have had discussions with—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The minister will be heard in silence.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —the police commissioner and, yes, I have had discussions with the deputy commissioner, but the people I have also had discussions with are the people in the community—the people of Henley Beach, the people of Glenelg, the people of Norwood—and they want their police stations open more often. That's the policy we took to the election. That's what we will deliver. I'm working with the police commissioner to deliver that for those people of South Australia.