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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 13 Hansard (5 December) . . Page.. 4564 ..

Mr Speaker, The Role of Urban Design in Crime Prevention and Community Safety report was commissioned in late 1993 as a joint initiative of the then Department of the Environment, Land and Planning and the Attorney-General's Department. Assistance has been provided by the Department of Urban Services, the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Institute of Criminology.

Worldwide research has documented links between crime prevention and the physical design, management and planning of facilities and urban areas. The study set out to identify those elements of urban design which contribute to crime and anti-social behaviours, or give rise to perceived fears of crime, with the aim of formulating advisory design guidelines for future planning, building and development.

Members will recall that the report was tabled in the Assembly in December of last year and debate was held over until May of this year. During the intervening months the Government has moved to put in place many of the report's recommendations, and I advise that the Government's position is one of substantial support for the recommendations.

I now table the Implementation Report of The Role of Urban Design in Crime Prevention and Community Safety report. The Implementation Report itemises the Government's response to the recommendations of the initial report.

The recommendations were presented as two sets - the first being called the ACT Community Safety Policies - and these refer to recommended

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