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On 8 February 1990 there was an incident involving two people in Garema Place. The report states:
The two persons were involved in a fight on licensed premises. They left the premises ... Once outside they continued this dispute. Even with police present they kept making verbal threats. A crowd was building around these two. Police believed that a fight would occur, possibly involving other members of this crowd ... The two persons were directed, individually, to move-on. Both complied with the direction and no further incident occurred.
They were not arrested; they moved on. If that had continued, the people would have ended up in court, and there would probably have been injuries to not only the people concerned but also police. That was another effective use of the power.
On 3 March 1990, at 1.00 am, in the car park in Brierly Street, Weston, 100 people had gathered. The report states:
Licensed premises had closed and persons were standing around in carpark. A number of fights had occurred ... Police believed that further fights, and possible damage to property, would occur.
Police reported quite a bit of property damage in February-March to a number of shops in the Weston Creek area. The report continues:
A direction to move-on was given and the crowd dispersed without further incident.
On 16 February 1990 three people were seated in the Woden bus interchange, consuming alcohol. Problems at bus interchanges have been identified as one of the social and crime problems that we have in this Territory. The report states:
They were using intimidating language and actions to other persons in the area. The three were individually directed to move-on, and they complied with these directions.
How often have we in this Assembly heard of citizens, especially women and old people, being intimidated around bus interchanges? Here is a classic use of these powers, stopping three people using intimidating language and actions, protecting members of the public and also, incidentally, those people from themselves.
On 8 March 1990 at the Woden bus interchange there were 10 people. There was no indication of alcohol being involved. Alcohol is often a very big problem, but sometimes it is
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