Page 3794 - Week 10 - Wednesday, 19 September 2018
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MADAM SPEAKER: Satisfy the simple man on the other side, attorney, perhaps, in the time that is left.
MR RAMSAY: I do understand the simplicity with which the Canberra Liberals view this. The government will continue to look at matters from the perspective of human rights compliance and effectiveness. That will mean that we will drive through our investments. Again I note that when we were investing in the police, the DPP and the courts in the most recent budget, the Canberra Liberals voted against it, because of their simplicity on this. We will consider the matters in the way that we have before, on the basis of human rights and effectiveness. The evidence is not clear in any way that anti-consorting laws or criminal organisation control orders provide anything in that area.
MR HANSON: Why did the government propose anti-consorting laws in 2016 then, and why were they abandoned?
MR RAMSAY: The consideration that occurred in previous governments is not something for me to say, but what I can say is that the determinations that have been made by this government will be and remain human rights compliance and effectiveness. When we look at what is the case in other jurisdictions, it becomes clear that anti-consorting laws impact disproportionately on vulnerable people: on Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, on young people, on homeless people. This government will not work in areas that take—
Opposition members interjecting—
MR RAMSAY: What we will continue to do is to focus on effective measures, as we have in this parliament already. We have worked in the area of increased crime scene powers; we have introduced new offences. We will continue to invest in our policing, our DPP and our court resources in a way that—
Opposition members interjecting—
MR RAMSAY: I am certainly not scared of the interjections of the people across the chamber in their simplistic view that they will continue.
Opposition members interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Members, not across the chamber, please.
MR RAMSAY: I do note that there have been times when they have chosen simply not to listen to what is going on. They are doing that again today.
MS CHEYNE: Minister, can you update the Assembly on what measures the government has already introduced to address criminal gangs?
MR RAMSAY: I thank Ms Cheyne for the supplementary question. There were significant resources in the most recent budget for policing, for the increase for the
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