House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-03-20 Daily Xml

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Adelaide Remand Centre

Mr ODENWALDER (Elizabeth) (14:48): My question is again to the Minister for Correctional Services. Was the minister aware that prison officers at Acacia Prison in WA had described the understaffing and undercrowding at that prison as a powder keg waiting to explode—

The Hon. S.S. Marshall: What is undercrowding?

Mr ODENWALDER: Overcrowding.

The SPEAKER: The Premier is warned.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Members on my right, be quiet! I don't even have the entire question yet.

Mr ODENWALDER: —before he signed the contract with Serco to manage the Adelaide Remand Centre?

The SPEAKER: Did you catch that, minister?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:49): Yes.

Mr ODENWALDER: What was the answer, sorry?

An honourable member: Yes.

Mr ODENWALDER: Yes, you were aware of that. Excellent.

The SPEAKER: If you were quiet, you would have heard it.

Mr ODENWALDER: I was so surprised to receive an answer that I forgot to listen.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!