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Mr Wall: It shows Mick is at his computer.

MRS JONES: I think he was doing it remotely, to be honest. It shows what can be done once people put their heads together. I really thank his office for facilitating briefings that I asked for and for responding to community concerns that were being brought to the opposition. I put great thanks to him on the record. We would love to see more of that in the future from Minister Gentleman.

Amendment agreed to.

Original question, as amended, resolved in the affirmative.

Parking infringements

MR PETTERSSON (Yerrabi) (10.55): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes:

(a) that unexpected parking infringements may have negative effects on Canberrans’ personal circumstances, including:

(i) receiving an infringement can have a significant impact on a person’s budget and ability to cover their everyday expenses; and

(ii) due to this cost, unexpected parking fines can cause some stress and anxiety for members of our community;

(b) that these fines should not target people who are trying to do the right thing, but simply did not get back to their car in time;

(i) parking inspectors can often become the targets of abuse from angry members of the public;

(ii) this anger can be a result of members of the public returning as, or immediately after, their parking expired and find an inspector issuing an infringement; and

(iii) parking inspectors should not be put at risk of abuse as a result of doing their job; and

(d) that equitable access to parking options remains an important part of living in our city and that parking infringement notices are a deterrent to people who want to abuse the system; and

(2) calls on the Government to explore the feasibility of implementing a 10 minute grace period for parking fines issued to vehicles that have been paid for an hour or more of parking.

I rise today to move this motion which calls on the government to investigate the feasibility of implementing a 10-minute grace period for parking fines in the ACT. No-one likes a parking fine. No-one likes receiving them, and parking inspectors do not particularly enjoy giving them out. That is why I think a commonsense change to parking fines will make our city an even better place to live.

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