Page 4496 - Week 15 - Thursday, 22 November 1990
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Community Attitudes to Policing
MRS NOLAN: My question is to Mr Collaery, the Attorney-General, and it is in relation to policing in the ACT. What steps has the Government taken to ascertain community attitudes to policing?
MR COLLAERY: I thank Mrs Nolan for the question. This came up in Estimates debates last night and I believe that members would have heard Mr Moore on the radio this morning referring to closed door deals about policing. I remind members that I informed the house some two months ago about a two-year survey being conducted in the ACT by a research company, Frank Small and Associates. They are major surveys being conducted to ascertain community attitudes to policing. It is called "Project community survey". It involves a 10-page questionnaire that the company is asking.
Mr Moore: It is an excellent idea.
MR COLLAERY: They ask such questions as, "What are your problems in your suburb?". Whilst Mr Moore figured highly in this response, the questions, for example, ask about rubbish, loud parties, people ignoring rules about parking, speeding or careless driving - - -
Mr Moore: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. Amongst other things in his irrelevant reply to the issue, Mr Collaery has drawn an imputation associating me with such things as speeding and so forth. Noisy parties I accept.
MR SPEAKER: That is a frivolous point of order. Please proceed, Mr Collaery.
MR COLLAERY: They ask about people being attacked or robbed, theft from outside your home, sale and use of drugs by juveniles, rape and sexual attacks, and so on. Mr Speaker, this is a very wide and expensive survey being conducted by - - -
Mr Moore: I take a point of order. That was not a frivolous point of order. Mr Collaery - and the Hansard will reveal it - clearly drew - - -
MR SPEAKER: Mr Moore, would you please ask to make a personal explanation at the end of question time.
Mr Moore: I want him to withdraw any imputation.
MR SPEAKER: I am afraid I did not recognise any imputation.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, there is no imputation about Mr Moore in this other than that he went on the air this morning - - -
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