Page 2063 - Week 10 - Wednesday, 25 October 1989
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MRS GRASSBY: It is not the job of the parking people to make lists of stolen cars. That is a job for the police. The police are driving around Canberra and it is their job to do that. Probably, instead of worrying about move-on powers, they could spend some time looking for cars that have been stolen and do the job that they are really supposed to do. If you could tell me the exact parking lot I will check and find out whether they noticed the car was there at the time. But if it was overnight, they do not book at night-time, only during the day.
MR JENSEN: I ask a supplementary question. It relates to the Minister's statement that it is not the job of the parking inspectors to look for stolen cars. I would suggest that it is quite appropriate for an organisation like the parking authority, whose employees spend their time moving around the streets of Canberra looking for cars, to assist other elements of law enforcement in the ACT to carry out their jobs. Would you not agree with that, Mrs Grassby?
MRS GRASSBY: It is not what I agree with, Mr Jensen; it is what the rules of the job imply, and the rules of the job do not imply that the parking inspectors should be going around looking for stolen cars. Now, if we are going to change the rules for the parking inspectors we would have to have an agreement, not only with the parking inspectors but with the union that they belong to. Their job is to walk around the streets of Canberra and the parking areas and to book cars which overstay their time in parking spaces.
It is the job of the police to make lists of stolen cars and to look for them as they are - or should be - walking around the streets. If they did walk around the streets, maybe they would see the cars that were stolen. They would have a list. If we are going to ask the parking inspectors to do this, then we would have to look at changing the whole aspect of their job.
Optometrists
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Community Services and Health. Has the Government examined the implications for the ACT of the Zifcak report to the Victorian Government? If not, will the implications be examined as a matter of priority?
MR BERRY: I think the Zifcak report that you refer to relates to optometrists.
Mr Humphries: Yes, it does.
MR BERRY: It is strange that you should mention that! The Government is aware of the report and I will be examining it in the context of the legislation, which, of course, is
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