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Mr ANDREW STONER: I ask the Minister for Police to answer this question.
Mr SPEAKER: Order! The Chair would like to hear the question.
Mr ANDREW STONER: In view of the continuing high road toll on the Pacific Highway north of Newcastle and calls by the Staysafe committee chairman for more police on this highway, why does Operation Nightsafe consist of just one highway patrol car for the entire length of highway between Hawkesbury and the Tweed for only four nights per week?
Mr JOHN WATKINS: NSW Police takes the issue of the road toll exceedingly seriously.
Mr SPEAKER: Order! I call the honourable member for Wakehurst to order for the second time.
Mr JOHN WATKINS: The loss of lives and the injury and damage done on our roads do great harm to our community. We will continue to provide the Highway Patrol teams that operate throughout Sydney and the State with the resources that are necessary to assist in driving down the road toll. There are Highway Patrol teams throughout this State—on the Pacific Highway, the Princes Highway, the Hume Highway and here in Sydney. We will continue to provide highway patrol resources where they are needed.