Page 3276 - Week 11 - Wednesday, 21 September 1994
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ADJOURNMENT
Motion (by Mr Berry) proposed:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Tuggeranong Under 19 Australian Rules Football Team
MS ELLIS (5.21): Just very briefly, I want to prove my allegiance to sporting teams, no matter what code they play. As I drew attention to a rugby union success in Tuggeranong recently, I thought I would take the opportunity of drawing another Tuggeranong success to the attention of the members of this place. The Tuggeranong Cannons Cowboys Aussie rules club had a great success on Sunday morning when their under 19s, Colts, won the premiership in the ACTAFL competition.
Ten members of this squad, it is worthy to note, were representative players in the ACT squad which played in the Teal Cup competition earlier this year. One of those 10 players from the Tuggeranong club, a young man called Aaron Hamill, was the only ACT squad member who went away to the Teal Cup competition to be named an all Australian team player in that competition. Of course, he also played a very important role on Sunday in the under 19s premiership win.
The Lions and the Bulldogs clubs in Tuggeranong have 25 junior teams playing, as well as two girls teams. The club itself has three senior teams in the ACTAFL competition, and next year that will be expanding to four. Given the numbers of young people in the valley who enjoy playing and participating in Aussie rules, we should all join in congratulating this club - a club, I might add, that, through financial and other pressures, nearly had to leave the ACTAFL three years ago. Because of community support, we can now see this sort of success occurring. I think it is incumbent on this place to congratulate them.
Housing Trust Personnel - Alleged Assaults
MR LAMONT (Minister for Urban Services, Minister for Housing and Community Services, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Sport) (5.23): In question time today I undertook to respond before close of business on a particular matter that was raised by Mr Cornwell. I do apologise that I am using the adjournment debate to do so. It referred to a number of alleged assaults at the ABC flats. Madam Speaker, I respond, by way of information to the Assembly, that an officer of the ACT Housing Trust alleges that on 31 August 1994 she approached a resident who was attacking a fire hydrant at the ABC flats. The resident is known to the officer. It is understood that he has a history of psychiatric disturbance. In persuading the resident to stop misbehaving, he became agitated, waving his arms about and brandishing a sharp object. He followed our officer to her office. Our officer summoned the police, who removed the resident. The resident has denied the allegations. At no time was our officer assaulted. Our officer took a few days' sick leave some time afterwards, but this was not related to the incident with the resident.
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