National Volunteer Week provides us with the opportunity to acknowledge and thank all volunteers in South Australia for their service to community organisations.

Volunteers are a vital part of our community and South Australia is fortunate to have more than half a million people volunteer for hundreds of organisations across the state – including the CFS, SES, SAAS – doing a wide range of jobs in the city and country.

Police resourcing needs to be improved if we are to tackle the growing spate of shooting crimes which have spiralled out of control in recent months.

“In the past five months we’ve had 11 shootings in South Australia. It is just a disgrace,” Shadow Police Minister Duncan McFetridge said.