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The Hon. MICHAEL GALLACHER: My question without notice is directed to the Minister for Roads. Is the Minister aware that his party's web site indicates that one of his achievements under "A Safe and Secure Community" is the introduction of automatic number plate recognition [ANPR] to track down stolen and unregistered vehicles? Was an ANPR operation undertaken at a "Beachsafe" location approximately two weeks ago when highway patrol officers were told to concentrate on identifying number plates and, subsequently, vehicles on a top-200 list of potentially high-risk drivers? Did this direction result in approximately 40 unregistered vehicles being picked up by the ANPR system but not stopped because they were not on the top-200 list? What action will the Minister take to ensure that all stolen and unregistered vehicles detected by ANPR are stopped and taken off the road?
The Hon. ERIC ROOZENDAAL: I, of course, will have to check the veracity of those claims since the Coalition has form for misrepresenting facts. I am happy to get those issues checked and get the appropriate agency to respond.