House of Assembly: Tuesday, March 08, 2016

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Police Staffing

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (15:05): My question is to the Premier. Does the Premier stand by his election commitment to recruit a net additional 313 sworn police officers by June 2018?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier) (15:05): Yes, that is certainly our objective, and we are going to put—

Mr Pisoni interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Unley is warned.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: —and we will be putting the police commissioner in a position to allow him to make those decisions.

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: No, that's not actually accurate. The election commitment that I have been asked about is the election commitment for this term of government, and it will be delivered.


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