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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 1 Hansard (20 February) . . Page.. 228 ..

MR HIRD: Mr Speaker, my question is to the Minister for the Environment. Has the Minister seen the editorial in today's Canberra Times concerning a decision of Magistrate Ward in the case of four trespassers at Parkwood, a business which is in my electorate and which employs 50 people? Does the Minister believe that the decision is, in the words of the Canberra Times, a highly eccentric judgment? Is it the case, as the editorial suggests, that the ruling gives any member of the public with a real or perceived grievance against anyone else a right to take the law into their own hands and become a vigilante?

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, in light of my comments yesterday, all I can say is this: You may very well say that; I could not possibly comment.

MR OSBORNE: My question is to Mr Humphries, who, I notice, has not yet said anything about a previous Deputy Chief Minister.

Mrs Carnell: But you can, Ossie?

MR OSBORNE: I will. I might have to, the way you have been acting in regard to the poor little fellow. My question is to Mr Humphries in his capacity as Minister for Fair Trading. Minister, I have recently been informed that a number of ACT driving schools have advertised in the 1997 Yellow Pages - the one that has come out only recently - to the effect that they are accredited by the ACT Government to apply the principles of the competency-based driver training scheme. I will read a couple of the advertisements. The first one says:

Competency Based Training and Assessment (Log Book).

There is a little ad next to it that says:

CBT & A.

Avoid the test.

Get assessed.

Here is another one:

Licensed & Accredited Instructors.

Accredited driver education.

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