Page 1309 - Week 07 - Thursday, 24 August 1989
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thefts? Is a police officer going to come along and say, "Hello, I see you are about to steal a car. Well, you had better move on", and the thief gets in the car and drives off?
Mr Humphries: Are you voting yes or no to this Bill?
MR MOORE: Let me say that of course we are supporting the Bill and we are quite pleased to support it, but we do not need to go through those irrelevant areas.
Mr Humphries: No, you are not. You are not pleased to support this Bill. Let us be honest.
MR MOORE: I am quite pleased to support the Bill and the way it has now been - - -
Mr Humphries: We can see the twist marks on your arm where you had it forced up behind your back.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MR MOORE: I hope this is all getting into Hansard.
Mr Humphries: Of course it is.
MR MOORE: The thing that is most important is the thing that ties up with this Bill and that is the Social Policy Committee. I hope that this Bill will fill a small gap while the Social Policy Committee finds the appropriate solutions. I agree with Mr Humphries that one of the main solutions will, I am sure, be that of police presence and ensuring that police presence is there, and in this, Mr Humphries, I am delighted to agree with you. Let me say one thing in supporting this Bill. The Residents Rally is going to give a warning and that warning is clear and categorical. If we hear of even one police officer abusing this power - even one police officer abusing this power - then we will move as quickly as possible at the very next sitting to remove the Bill.
It should be understood that we perceive this as being on a trial basis, as filling a gap, and we are very pleased with the fact that it concentrates particularly on violence and violent conduct. But the warning about our stance on the Bill still remains. In the meantime we are delighted to give support to Mr Stefaniak and his Bill.
MS MAHER (10.51): As a member of the committee, I will be supporting the Bill. I found, being on the committee, that a lot of things came up and that the Bill is not the solution to the problems that are out there in the street, that they go a lot deeper than just passing a Bill. But there were certain questions that we could not find answers to that needed to be looked at, and the answer that we came up with is the Bill that Mr Stefaniak is presenting.
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