Page 4559 - Week 13 - Tuesday, 26 November 2019
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our city. I am also advised that crime trends in the area show a 6.1 per cent decrease in overall offences in the past 12 months, being the period September 2018 to August 2019, when compared to the same period in the previous year.
Both ACT Policing and I understand that it is important to ensure that the community feel safe in our city. ACT Policing have been attending events in the area. For example, recent information sessions were held for residents at Charles Weston School in Coombs, attended by ACT Policing. They have also attended other community events in the area and, working with Neighbourhood Watch, intend to increase that surveillance.
MR HANSON: Minister, when will the residents of Molonglo actually see the benefits of your plan on the ground?
MR GENTLEMAN: As I said, crime has decreased 6.1 per cent. That is the information that the Chief Police Officer has provided me with. That is a reduction in crime on the ground. I am pleased that our officers are able to work with the resources and tools that we have been providing to them. As I mentioned, they work in an intelligence-led situation. So you will not always see them out on the streets where some people are asking for them. They are doing important work to ensure that they can destroy crime and stop it before it occurs.
MISS C BURCH: Minister, are residents in Molonglo Valley wrong to feel at risk of being robbed in their homes?
Ms Orr: Point of order, Madam Speaker. I seek your advice on whether asking a minister if people are wrong is an expression of opinion and therefore not allowable under standing order 117(c)(i).
MADAM SPEAKER: The standing orders could be interpreted that way but I think that the minister may be comfortable in responding to this one at this time.
MR GENTLEMAN: Madam Speaker, I will continue to reiterate—
Mrs Dunne: On the point of order—
MADAM SPEAKER: Minister, resume your seat.
Mrs Dunne: On the point of order, the minister has been asked a number of questions along this line and no-one has questioned them. I think this created a precedent.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Gentleman.
MR GENTLEMAN: I will continue to advise that the Chief Police Officer tells us that Canberra is a safe city. The statistics that we see in reporting show that Canberra is a safe city. We will continue to invest in ACT Policing. They will continue to invest in new and available resources to ensure that they can combat crime in the most intelligent and best way going forward.
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