Page 563 - Week 04 - Thursday, 29 June 1989
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the ACT along a better highway for a rest stop in the ACT before proceeding on long interstate trips?
MR WHALAN: The ACT Tourism Industry Consultative Committee is in the process of being established, and it met last week with representatives of the industry. That meeting included, and subsequent meetings will continue to include, representatives of the other political parties here in the chamber, thus honouring an undertaking which we had given to involve the parties in that consultative process. It meets again next Monday week, and at that meeting there will be a report from the Tourist Bureau of the options which are available in the forthcoming year for promotional aspects of the bureau. I will raise this particular matter with the director of the bureau with a view to examining whether it is appropriate to include it in that program.
Bail
MR STEFANIAK: My question is to the Chief Minister and Attorney-General. Given the recent comments made by the Chief Magistrate, Mr Cahill SM, on the problems faced by the ACT courts in administering the criminal law system, especially in regard to the lack of guidelines for the granting of bail, is she taking any steps in response to those problems and giving instructions for a bail Act to be legislated?
MS FOLLETT: I thank Mr Stefaniak for the question. I advise the Assembly that provisions concerning bail in the ACT are currently contained in a variety of pieces of legislation, such as the Magistrates Court Ordinance, the New South Wales Crimes Act, the Domestic Violence Act, the Australian Federal Police Act and the Supreme Court Act. So it is difficult to say that there is a coherent or single view on bail in the ACT.
It is my understanding that the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department is currently developing proposals to amend the Crimes Act 1900 as it applies in the ACT to provide for uniform bail conditions. As I am sure members will be aware, the New South Wales Crimes Act as it currently applies in the ACT is still a matter for the Attorney-General. That is the information that I can provide to the Assembly at the moment, but I think it is clearly a matter where we might need to give some further thought as the courts move towards coming under the control of the ACT Government.
Service Stations
MR JENSEN: My question is directed to the Chief Minister in her capacity as Minister responsible for planning. Is she aware of concerns expressed by the Motor Trades
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