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patrols and shopfronts are add-ons to a police program. We believe that they should be part of an overall different emphasis for foot patrols both in suburbs and shopping centres and at night banking at late hours. Considerable initiatives are under way from the community policing policy makers in the AFP at the moment. I trust that the burglary figures will subside. They are one of the foremost concerns of ACT residents at the present time.
Blood Alcohol Levels
MRS GRASSBY: I thought I was never going to get a question in; it is getting so late. My question is to Mr Duby. Is the Minister going to introduce the .05 blood alcohol level before or after Christmas this year?
MR DUBY: I thank Mrs Grassby for the question. As she is aware, the introduction of the .05 blood alcohol level is part of the 10-point road safety package which is being implemented by all the States and Territories in Australia - with the exception, I believe, of the Northern Territory - at the Commonwealth Government's initiative as part of the black spot funding program.
In relation to the .05 legislation, frankly, Mrs Grassby, the commitment that has been given by the ACT Government is that the .05 level will be introduced into the ACT with effect from 1 January 1991. At this stage that timetable will be adhered to.
MRS GRASSBY: I have a supplementary question, Mr Speaker.
Does the Minister therefore believe that the .08 level is safer for the Christmas season?
MR SPEAKER: Mr Duby, you do not have to answer.
MR DUBY: That question does not even warrant consideration.
Behavioural Management Unit
MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister for Education. Mr Humphries, will the Theodore Street Behavioural Management Unit currently located at the old South Curtin Primary School be disbanded at the end of the year? If so, what will happen to the students; or, if not, where will the centre go?
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I think that this question has been asked before in almost exactly the same terms, only a matter of a few weeks ago. I think it has, and I would be happy to check back through - - -
Mr Moore: Not since your decision.
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