Mr STIRLING - 2000-02-22
The Country Liberal Party pretends to be concerned for the victims of crime. Can the Chief Minister tell this House how his failed mandatory sentencing policy has resulted in any tangible results for the victim.
ANSWER
Mr Speaker, before I answer that I will say that it was interesting on ABC Radio, a couple of mornings ago, the Labor Party Leader in the Northern Territory said, when asked about what their policy would be, that they would still need about 6 months to get it out, which I find absolutely incredulous particularly that mandatory sentencing has been around long enough for them to come up with some sort of law and order policy. In fact, the member for Fannie Bay is on the record when she first became Leader of the Opposition, that she said she would bring out policies, and the only thing that she’s said since then is that she won’t bring any out because she thinks we might swipe them.
Well, bring them out, roll them out. Let’s have a look at them. Let’s have a look at the sort of alternative policies you’re going to run. And when you do it, when you pinch the policies from the Carr government, or you pinch the policies from the Beattie government, have a look what their law and order situation is compared to the Northern Territory. Then try and pretend in this House that those policies by themselves work.
The question was, what does mandatory sentencing do for the victims of crime? It shows very clearly to the victims of crime that this government delivers on its policy. It delivers on the policies that it goes to the electorate with. It says to the victims of crime that we treat property crime in the Northern Territory very seriously, and if you persist in it, you’ll go to jail. It says to criminals, you keep this sort of stuff up and you will spend more and more time in the penal system.
ANSWER
Mr Speaker, before I answer that I will say that it was interesting on ABC Radio, a couple of mornings ago, the Labor Party Leader in the Northern Territory said, when asked about what their policy would be, that they would still need about 6 months to get it out, which I find absolutely incredulous particularly that mandatory sentencing has been around long enough for them to come up with some sort of law and order policy. In fact, the member for Fannie Bay is on the record when she first became Leader of the Opposition, that she said she would bring out policies, and the only thing that she’s said since then is that she won’t bring any out because she thinks we might swipe them.
Well, bring them out, roll them out. Let’s have a look at them. Let’s have a look at the sort of alternative policies you’re going to run. And when you do it, when you pinch the policies from the Carr government, or you pinch the policies from the Beattie government, have a look what their law and order situation is compared to the Northern Territory. Then try and pretend in this House that those policies by themselves work.
The question was, what does mandatory sentencing do for the victims of crime? It shows very clearly to the victims of crime that this government delivers on its policy. It delivers on the policies that it goes to the electorate with. It says to the victims of crime that we treat property crime in the Northern Territory very seriously, and if you persist in it, you’ll go to jail. It says to criminals, you keep this sort of stuff up and you will spend more and more time in the penal system.
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