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APPENDIX 4:

(Incorporated in Hansard on 17 December 1991 at page 6188)

CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION WITHOUT NOTICE

19 NOVEMBER 1991

MR COLLAERY:

SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION

I ASK THE CHIEF MINISTER IF SHE IS SUPPLIED WITH THE NAME AND DETAILS OF AN EXPERIENCED PUBLIC SERVANT WHO ALLEGES THE DISCOVERY OF LISTENING DEVICES AT SOME STAGE IN A CERTAIN PLACE WHETHER SHE WILL UNDERTAKE TO INVESTIGATE THAT AND REPORT TO THE HOUSE?

MY ANSWER IS:

ON THE BROAD ISSUE I AM AWARE THAT TIE A.C.T. DOES NOT HAVE

LEGISLATION TO CONTROL THE USE OF LISTENING DEVICES BY PEOPLE

OTHER THAN THE POLICE, UNLIKE THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE STATES.

I UNDERSTAND THOSE DEVICES ARE ITEMS WHICH ARE COVERTLY PLACED

IN PREMISES TO ALLOW CONVERSATION AMONG PARTIES NOT AWARE OF T=

PRESENCE OF THOSE DEVICES, TO BE RECORDED FOR LATER COLLECTION,

OR TRANSMITTED TO A REMOTE LOCALITY. FOLLOWING THE CHANGE OF

GO IN JUNE 1991 MY GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO INTRODUCE

LEGISLATION TO REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH DEVICES, TO BRING THE

A.C.T. IN LINE WITH THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE STATES.

IN RELATION TO MR COLLAERYS SPECIFIC QUESTION, I WILL EXAMINE ANY INFORMATION HE MAY MAKE AVAILABLE TO ME WHICH WOULD INDICATE THAT THE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT MAKES USE OF LISTENING DEVICES. I SHOULD HOWEVER SAY I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT DOES NOT POSSESS ANY LISTENING DEVICES NOR HAS IT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY CASE WHERE SUCH LISTENING DEVICES HAVE BEEN USED TO GATHER EVIDENCE.

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