Page 4735 - Week 16 - Wednesday, 28 November 1990
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MR STEVENSON: Does Mr Collaery believe - - -
Mr Kaine: No. The burglars are all on the other side of the house, Dennis. Ask the Leader of the Opposition.
Ms Follett: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: Mr Kaine has just commented that the burglars are on this side of the house and that members should ask me. I ask that he withdraw that statement.
Mr Kaine: Mr Speaker, I am terribly sorry that the Leader of the Opposition has no sense of humour whatsoever. I withdraw it.
MR STEVENSON: Does Mr Collaery believe that this is a realistic indication of the increase in the ACT, and does he have any suggestions on how this could be reduced - particularly, the Charnwood increase of over 40 per cent? Perhaps it could be reduced by the greater support of our police force.
MR COLLAERY: I thank Mr Stevenson for the question. I do not live in Charnwood, but I recently opened another house there for disability services. I was informed that there is a local problem there associated with burglaries and other issues of public order, and I have made inquiries as to whether we could not increase the community policing element there.
To answer your question broadly, I do not know how we relate the percentage figure and the breakup directly to the ACT, but members will be aware that the community policing role to be given to the AFP in the ACT included a survey of all householders in the ACT conducted by Frank Small and Associates. It was an ongoing survey to ask them for their specific policing concerns street by street. That is a relatively expensive but important survey to indicate to us what the concerns are, rather than just what the statistics say. One of the foremost concerns expressed in that survey was a fear by women of walking in their own street, particularly in certain suburbs.
Ms Follett: You have been out there.
MR COLLAERY: I go to all the suburbs - let me say through you, Mr Speaker, to the Leader of the Opposition. I go around the place. I do not belong to a party that did not even know that there was a community consultative program going on on the grants scheme. They did not know that last night.
Returning to Mr Stevenson's question, the ACT was invited to give a national address in Brisbane a few weeks ago. Assistant Commissioner Bates of the ACT police accompanied me there, and we explained the different approach we are taking, alone in Australia, on community policing. We have completely different concepts. We do not believe that foot
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