❓ Mrs Roberts questions alleged 10% operational budget cuts to the Police Service, while Mr Prince highlights increased overall funding and infrastructure improvements, deferring budget allocation decisions to the Commissioner of Police.
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POLICE SERVICE, OPERATIONAL BUDGET CUTS
(1) Have assistant police commissioners been advised of a 10 per cent cut to their operational budgets? (2) Have superintendents been asked to develop operational budget programs based on the 10 per cent funding cut? (3) Have the assistant commissioners been asked to attend a meeting next week to outline how they will attempt to maintain services after the 10 per cent operational budget cut? (4) Will this mean further cuts to overtime and night shifts, further petrol rationing and fewer road patrols in country areas? Mr PRINCE
(1) Have assistant police commissioners been advised of a 10 per cent cut to their operational budgets? (2) Have superintendents been asked to develop operational budget programs based on the 10 per cent funding cut? (3) Have the assistant commissioners been asked to attend a meeting next week to outline how they will attempt to maintain services after the 10 per cent operational budget cut? (4) Will this mean further cuts to overtime and night shifts, further petrol rationing and fewer road patrols in country areas? Mr PRINCE
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(1)-(4) The Police Service received a budget allocation of $440m for this financial year, which is $200m more than it had seven years ago. Associated with that have been the greatest ever capital works building and re-equipment programs, which are still continuing. The electronics area is being upgraded, a new academy is being built and an operations centre is being built in the electorate of the member for Midland. At the same time, the Police Service’s general budget has increased. I am distinctly proud - as I am sure all former Ministers for Police are - that the Police Service comes in on budget every year, for which it has received commendation from Treasury. The way the budget is allocated within the service is a matter for the Commissioner of Police and his command staff. Mrs Roberts: You do not take responsibility for anything. Mr PRINCE: Nonsense. I do. Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
(2) Have superintendents been asked to develop operational budget programs based on the 10 per cent funding cut? (3) Have the assistant commissioners been asked to attend a meeting next week to outline how they will attempt to maintain services after the 10 per cent operational budget cut? (4) Will this mean further cuts to overtime and night shifts, further petrol rationing and fewer road patrols in country areas? Mr PRINCE replied: (1)-(4) The Police Service received a budget allocation of $440m for this financial year, which is $200m more than it had seven years ago. Associated with that have been the greatest ever capital works building and re-equipment programs, which are still continuing. The electronics area is being upgraded, a new academy is being built and an operations centre is being built in the electorate of the member for Midland. At the same time, the Police Service’s general budget has increased. I am distinctly proud - as I am sure all former Ministers for Police are - that the Police Service comes in on budget every year, for which it has received commendation from Treasury. The way the budget is allocated within the service is a matter for the Commissioner of Police and his command staff. Mrs Roberts: You do not take responsibility for anything. Mr PRINCE: Nonsense. I do. Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
(3) Have the assistant commissioners been asked to attend a meeting next week to outline how they will attempt to maintain services after the 10 per cent operational budget cut? (4) Will this mean further cuts to overtime and night shifts, further petrol rationing and fewer road patrols in country areas? Mr PRINCE replied: (1)-(4) The Police Service received a budget allocation of $440m for this financial year, which is $200m more than it had seven years ago. Associated with that have been the greatest ever capital works building and re-equipment programs, which are still continuing. The electronics area is being upgraded, a new academy is being built and an operations centre is being built in the electorate of the member for Midland. At the same time, the Police Service’s general budget has increased. I am distinctly proud - as I am sure all former Ministers for Police are - that the Police Service comes in on budget every year, for which it has received commendation from Treasury. The way the budget is allocated within the service is a matter for the Commissioner of Police and his command staff. Mrs Roberts: You do not take responsibility for anything. Mr PRINCE: Nonsense. I do. Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
(4) Will this mean further cuts to overtime and night shifts, further petrol rationing and fewer road patrols in country areas? Mr PRINCE replied: (1)-(4) The Police Service received a budget allocation of $440m for this financial year, which is $200m more than it had seven years ago. Associated with that have been the greatest ever capital works building and re-equipment programs, which are still continuing. The electronics area is being upgraded, a new academy is being built and an operations centre is being built in the electorate of the member for Midland. At the same time, the Police Service’s general budget has increased. I am distinctly proud - as I am sure all former Ministers for Police are - that the Police Service comes in on budget every year, for which it has received commendation from Treasury. The way the budget is allocated within the service is a matter for the Commissioner of Police and his command staff. Mrs Roberts: You do not take responsibility for anything. Mr PRINCE: Nonsense. I do. Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr PRINCE replied: (1)-(4) The Police Service received a budget allocation of $440m for this financial year, which is $200m more than it had seven years ago. Associated with that have been the greatest ever capital works building and re-equipment programs, which are still continuing. The electronics area is being upgraded, a new academy is being built and an operations centre is being built in the electorate of the member for Midland. At the same time, the Police Service’s general budget has increased. I am distinctly proud - as I am sure all former Ministers for Police are - that the Police Service comes in on budget every year, for which it has received commendation from Treasury. The way the budget is allocated within the service is a matter for the Commissioner of Police and his command staff. Mrs Roberts: You do not take responsibility for anything. Mr PRINCE: Nonsense. I do. Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
(1)-(4) The Police Service received a budget allocation of $440m for this financial year, which is $200m more than it had seven years ago. Associated with that have been the greatest ever capital works building and re-equipment programs, which are still continuing. The electronics area is being upgraded, a new academy is being built and an operations centre is being built in the electorate of the member for Midland. At the same time, the Police Service’s general budget has increased. I am distinctly proud - as I am sure all former Ministers for Police are - that the Police Service comes in on budget every year, for which it has received commendation from Treasury. The way the budget is allocated within the service is a matter for the Commissioner of Police and his command staff. Mrs Roberts: You do not take responsibility for anything. Mr PRINCE: Nonsense. I do. Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mrs Roberts: You do not take responsibility for anything. Mr PRINCE: Nonsense. I do. Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr PRINCE: Nonsense. I do. Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
(2) Have superintendents been asked to develop operational budget programs based on the 10 per cent funding cut? (3) Have the assistant commissioners been asked to attend a meeting next week to outline how they will attempt to maintain services after the 10 per cent operational budget cut? (4) Will this mean further cuts to overtime and night shifts, further petrol rationing and fewer road patrols in country areas? Mr PRINCE replied: (1)-(4) The Police Service received a budget allocation of $440m for this financial year, which is $200m more than it had seven years ago. Associated with that have been the greatest ever capital works building and re-equipment programs, which are still continuing. The electronics area is being upgraded, a new academy is being built and an operations centre is being built in the electorate of the member for Midland. At the same time, the Police Service’s general budget has increased. I am distinctly proud - as I am sure all former Ministers for Police are - that the Police Service comes in on budget every year, for which it has received commendation from Treasury. The way the budget is allocated within the service is a matter for the Commissioner of Police and his command staff. Mrs Roberts: You do not take responsibility for anything. Mr PRINCE: Nonsense. I do. Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
(3) Have the assistant commissioners been asked to attend a meeting next week to outline how they will attempt to maintain services after the 10 per cent operational budget cut? (4) Will this mean further cuts to overtime and night shifts, further petrol rationing and fewer road patrols in country areas? Mr PRINCE replied: (1)-(4) The Police Service received a budget allocation of $440m for this financial year, which is $200m more than it had seven years ago. Associated with that have been the greatest ever capital works building and re-equipment programs, which are still continuing. The electronics area is being upgraded, a new academy is being built and an operations centre is being built in the electorate of the member for Midland. At the same time, the Police Service’s general budget has increased. I am distinctly proud - as I am sure all former Ministers for Police are - that the Police Service comes in on budget every year, for which it has received commendation from Treasury. The way the budget is allocated within the service is a matter for the Commissioner of Police and his command staff. Mrs Roberts: You do not take responsibility for anything. Mr PRINCE: Nonsense. I do. Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
(4) Will this mean further cuts to overtime and night shifts, further petrol rationing and fewer road patrols in country areas? Mr PRINCE replied: (1)-(4) The Police Service received a budget allocation of $440m for this financial year, which is $200m more than it had seven years ago. Associated with that have been the greatest ever capital works building and re-equipment programs, which are still continuing. The electronics area is being upgraded, a new academy is being built and an operations centre is being built in the electorate of the member for Midland. At the same time, the Police Service’s general budget has increased. I am distinctly proud - as I am sure all former Ministers for Police are - that the Police Service comes in on budget every year, for which it has received commendation from Treasury. The way the budget is allocated within the service is a matter for the Commissioner of Police and his command staff. Mrs Roberts: You do not take responsibility for anything. Mr PRINCE: Nonsense. I do. Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr PRINCE replied: (1)-(4) The Police Service received a budget allocation of $440m for this financial year, which is $200m more than it had seven years ago. Associated with that have been the greatest ever capital works building and re-equipment programs, which are still continuing. The electronics area is being upgraded, a new academy is being built and an operations centre is being built in the electorate of the member for Midland. At the same time, the Police Service’s general budget has increased. I am distinctly proud - as I am sure all former Ministers for Police are - that the Police Service comes in on budget every year, for which it has received commendation from Treasury. The way the budget is allocated within the service is a matter for the Commissioner of Police and his command staff. Mrs Roberts: You do not take responsibility for anything. Mr PRINCE: Nonsense. I do. Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
(1)-(4) The Police Service received a budget allocation of $440m for this financial year, which is $200m more than it had seven years ago. Associated with that have been the greatest ever capital works building and re-equipment programs, which are still continuing. The electronics area is being upgraded, a new academy is being built and an operations centre is being built in the electorate of the member for Midland. At the same time, the Police Service’s general budget has increased. I am distinctly proud - as I am sure all former Ministers for Police are - that the Police Service comes in on budget every year, for which it has received commendation from Treasury. The way the budget is allocated within the service is a matter for the Commissioner of Police and his command staff. Mrs Roberts: You do not take responsibility for anything. Mr PRINCE: Nonsense. I do. Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mrs Roberts: You do not take responsibility for anything. Mr PRINCE: Nonsense. I do. Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr PRINCE: Nonsense. I do. Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr Court: He just told you he has significantly increased the budget. Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr PRINCE: I take responsibility. Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mrs Roberts: The operational budget has been cut every year. Why don’t you answer the question? Have the assistant commissioners been told to make do with 10 per cent less? Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr House: The budget is increased every year. Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr Trenorden: The member cannot tell the difference between red and blue. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr PRINCE: How the budget is allocated is the decision of the commissioner and his command group. Unlike most other government agencies and departments, the minister cannot - and should not - interfere with line items. Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mrs Roberts: Do you know whether the command group is cutting the operational budget? Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr PRINCE: I know it has been discussing in detail how the budget should be divvied up among the various departments, programs and operational matters. I know it has discussed that and that it has come to some conclusion. It is a matter for the command group to deal with. Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mrs Roberts: It is a fact that the assistant commissioners have been advised to cut their operational budget by 10 per cent. That will mean less petrol for cars, less overtime and less money available for operations in every member’s electorate. Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr Court: How is it a cut if we increase the budget every year? Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mrs Roberts: You are the Government; you should ask where that money has gone if it is not being spent on operations. The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
The SPEAKER: Order! There is a tried and proven way for the member for Midland to ask further questions: Write them down and ask them at the next opportunity. She is interjecting and asking extra questions when other people are in the queue. Perhaps the minister can finish his answer. Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
Mr PRINCE: The Police Service is operating extremely effectively. This is demonstrated by some of the more celebrated matters it has recently cleared, its general operations and the way in which it is able to handle its budget. The member should have pride in the service. It is a fact of life in all government agencies that no-one, particularly the police, ever gets all the money they would like. The Police Service has a finite allocation. However, it operates with $200m of taxpayers’ money more than the Labor Government allocated to it and, as a result, it is better equipped, housed and trained and operates better now than it did in the past.
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