Page 962 - Week 06 - Wednesday, 26 July 1989
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reports of dogs also attacking young calves. It is a problem in the ACT and it is my earnest wish that pet owners would exercise their responsibility and keep their dogs under control.
You do not usually need to control cats. They are eminently sensible animals and stick to home and hearth, especially in this kind of weather. But certainly I know there is indeed a problem with roving dogs; there is a problem with the lack of restraint of dogs. I know that Mrs Grassby has this matter under active consideration, and I think the best thing I can do is take on board the comments Dr Kinloch has made about suitable penalties and so on and draw them to her attention in her review of that matter.
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MR STEVENSON: My question is to the Chief Minister and it is with regard to the meeting the Chief Minister had with Justice Minister, Michael Tate, on the morning of 14 June 1989 to discuss problems outlined in a police brief. I believe matters discussed included concerns by the Australian Federal Police over increased violence, burglaries and prostitution in Canberra if a casino proceeded. Apparently no decisions were taken at that meeting, but it was agreed that a further meeting would be held in July when Senator Tate had returned from Canada.
As Senator Tate returned from Canada on 13 July, would the Chief Minister please inform the Assembly whether a second meeting has been arranged and has been held and what was the outcome of that meeting, if held; and would the Chief Minister make available to the Assembly the police brief mentioned?
MS FOLLETT: I thank Mr Stevenson for the question. Unfortunately, he seems to have a rather different version of the meeting that took place between me and Senator Tate from my recollection.
Mr Kaine: Which one is correct, Chief Minister?
MS FOLLETT: Mine is, of course. I indeed met with Senator Tate at that meeting, which was a brief meeting. Senator Tate handed over to me a brief on the matters that Mr Stevenson has referred to. We did not discuss in any depth at all the kinds of concerns that Mr Stevenson has outlined regarding an allegedly increased volume of crime and so on. Senator Tate did not raise those matters. Rather, our meeting dealt in very broad terms with the future handover to the ACT of policing for the ACT. Senator Tate was, at the time I met with him, about to go over to Canada to have a look at the arrangement for policing in Canada, which I believe does hold some particular lessons for the ACT, by way of being a contracted arrangement.
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