Page 2745 - Week 09 - Thursday, 27 September 2007

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(g) the capacity of ACT Policing to undertake protracted targeted operations aimed at arresting offenders in the act; and

(h) what measures could effectively be undertaken to prevent further occurrences or to minimise the risk, including whether:

(i) discrete legislation is warranted to deal with the problem; and

(ii) if discrete legislation is warranted, whether that might include increased penalties;

(3) the committee be composed of:

(a) one Member to be nominated by the Government;

(b) one Member to be nominated by the Opposition; and

(c) one Member to be nominated by the Crossbench; and

(4) the Committee report by the first sitting day in December 2007.

Today, the opposition is proposing that a select committee be established to inquire into what is very much a growing problem. There are potentially life-threatening consequences if something is not done to nip this issue in the bud. With respect to the motion that I have moved today, the first paragraph reads:

(1) this Assembly notes the growing trend of rock attacks against buses, cars and other vehicles in the ACT and that over a period of six or more months, in accordance with the Government’s own reckoning, 58 or more such attacks have occurred with incidence on the increase;

In our motion we make this suggestion:

(2) a select committee be appointed to inquire into the growing trend of rock throwing against moving vehicles, utilising the following terms of reference analysing:

(a) the incidents which have occurred, by differing categories and pattern;

(b) the psychological and sociological reasons behind the growing trend of rock assaults on moving vehicles;

(c) the plans and actions of Government designed to combat the trend and protect the public;

(d) the success or otherwise of public education and information programs;

(e) the measures taken to protect public transport and passengers, including how effective they were;

(f) the measures undertaken in other jurisdictions to combat the trend and their success or otherwise;

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