Page 2679 - Week 10 - Thursday, 15 October 1992
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New Legislative Assembly Premises
MADAM SPEAKER: I call Mr Cornwell.
MR CORNWELL: Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Mr Stevenson: I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. I believe that the standing orders require that the person first on their feet get the call.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Stevenson, I am aware of the standing orders. It depends entirely on who the Speaker sees.
MR CORNWELL: Madam Speaker, my question is directed to you as the chairman of the Administration and Procedures Committee and relates specifically to the reference on the provision of new Assembly premises. Has a contract been let or has any agreement been reached with any local art gallery to supply paintings for the new Legislative Assembly building?
MADAM SPEAKER: No, Mr Cornwell, no contract has been let; nor has anyone been asked to supply. There certainly has been a lot of interest in it, but nothing has been done along that line.
MR CORNWELL: I have a supplementary question. Could you advise when a decision may be made on this matter? I presume that it will be further down the track.
MADAM SPEAKER: Much further down the track and after much more consultation, Mr Cornwell.
Security Industry Regulation
MR STEVENSON: My question is to Mr Connolly. Would the Attorney-General please state whether he has an intention to legislate to license or otherwise control security system installers, bouncers and other people involved in that trade? If action is contemplated, would he indicate what problem or problems exist in this area which require legislative solution and who called for such action? If there is any evidence available, I would appreciate it if he could present it to the Assembly.
MR CONNOLLY: Madam Speaker, I indicated publicly some weeks ago that this was an area that was causing me some concern as a result of representations I have received. I have convened a working group within my department to look at the issue of regulation of the security industry. There have been problems in Canberra. Bouncers have been involved in quite serious assaults against individuals.
Mr Kaine: They have been doing too much bouncing.
MR CONNOLLY: Indeed, Mr Kaine. People have been quite seriously injured as a result of some of these incidents. There is nothing in the ACT which regulates this industry. A person with a long criminal record of serious assault could be lawfully employed as a bouncer in this town. A person who recently emerged from prison with a long record of housebreaking could set up as a burglar alarm consultant and people could ring a number as a result of a newspaper ad for advice on - - -
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