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Not only is the infringer pays approach, introduced by this legislation, fairer to the community as a whole; it is also more effective. It has ended the enormous waste of scarce court and police resources which were formally tied up in parking fine enforcement. It has resulted in a much greater percentage of parking fines being paid more promptly. Since fine default was introduced in February, 70,000 infringement notices have been issued and, already, 64,000 have been paid. It is a payment rate of over 90 per cent. In fact the payment rate for the earlier months was more like 95 per cent. It is also interesting to note that 66 per cent of infringers now pay within the initial 28-day period - more than double the percentage of people under the old system.
Between February and November in excess of 31,000 summonses were issued to parking infringers who failed to pay their fines. As of 14 November this year, 920 licences and 480 registrations had been sanctioned under the new procedures; 60 licences had been reissued after payment of fines, and 24 registrations had been reissued.
MR SPEAKER: It appears that the discussion is now concluded.
APPROPRIATION BILL 1990-91
[COGNATE PAPER:
PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE - STANDING COMMITTEE - REPORT ON NEW CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAM 1990-91]
Detail Stage
Debate resumed.
Schedule - Part II
Ministry for Health, Education and the Arts
Proposed expenditure - Division 260 - Government schooling, $180,040,500
MR MOORE (4.09): Indeed, the matter of government schooling, and the money associated with government schooling is, of course, a very vexed issue in our community. It is, of course, education that is suffering the brunt of the restraint that the Chief Minister talks about. To get an overview, if we look at budget paper No. 2 we can see, on page 46, that the 5 per cent increase over last year is, of course, a cut in real terms. The only other area to take that cut, in real terms, is the area above it, namely, technical and further education.
It is interesting that this Government argues, again and again, that this is a necessary and hard decision that its members must take with reference to schools. They have softened their decision somewhat by allowing three of the
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