The bill for shifting police horses from Thebarton barracks is set to climb beyond the $90m already earmarked for a new Gepps Cross site, with more funding required for a CBD “staging post” and other potential costs.
The SA police union boss says moving police horses and dogs out of the city to Gepps Cross at a cost of $90m is "one of the most cynical, self-serving actions I’ve ever seen from an SA government", accusing it of being willing to "dud everyone" to protect its Adelaide MP at the next election.
Why do governments try to sell grand plans that haven't been properly thought through? Matthew Abraham questions why the Malinauskas Government has been horsing around on a couple of significant decisions.
Levels of toxic PFAS contamination could be a stumbling block for building a new police horse barracks at Adelaide Airport, with a senior officer conceding that the western suburbs location will increase response times for CBD incidents.