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in the long term it does not seem to have got on top of all the problems. This paper therefore is useful not only in the ACT but also for other jurisdictions. It points as the way forward a cooperative arrangement between industry and government, with a particular focus on responsibilities of employers of security personnel, in particular bouncers, and the responsibility for appropriate training and control of persons who may be put in charge of certain crowd control functions.
Madam Speaker, given the importance of the issues raised in this discussion paper and the importance in the context of the Civic violence problem, or the perceived Civic violence problem, I will be encouraging a wide dissemination of this discussion paper and encouraging industry to come again to talk with government about the best way to control this industry which, if left uncontrolled, can pose dangers to the public.
Ms Follett: I ask that further questions be placed on the notice paper.
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Statement by Member
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition): Madam Speaker, I seek leave of the Assembly to make a short statement in connection with the International Year of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
Leave granted.
MR KAINE: Madam Speaker, I sought leave because the Chief Minister in question time made reference to this matter and some things that the Government intends to do for our own indigenous people during this international year. I thought it rather unusual for a government to announce a program in answer to a dorothy dixer question during question time. The fact that I stand here by leave of the Assembly to comment, I think, speaks for itself. One would have thought that the normal process would be for the Chief Minister to make a ministerial statement on the matter and it would have been each member's right then to respond in some fashion. We find instead a dorothy dixer. This seems, presumably, to be the new pattern for introducing statements about government policy. Each member who wants to make any comment on that very important matter is put in a position of having to seek leave of the Assembly to do so. I find that a little unusual and unorthodox, to say the least. I would have preferred the opportunity to comment on this matter without seeking leave. I think that it is a very important matter and I am surprised that the Government has chosen this way to go about introducing it.
I acknowledge that at 2.10 pm I received a memo from the Chief Minister telling me what the Government was intending to do in this matter and attached to it were what I assume to be two media releases. If the Government is proud of its program, surely those media releases would have been made available to every member of the Assembly, to every person in the visitors gallery and to anybody who wanted to have a copy. Not only did she not do that, but she did not even table them.
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