Mr CONLAN - 2010-10-26
In today’s Centralian Advocate, there was a letter from another resident of Alice Springs planning to leave town due to the ongoing problems with law and order and antisocial behaviour. As you have just articulated in this House, it is due to the large amount of police on the street, not the criminals. The Territory cannot afford to continually lose hard-working families, as we do time after time, because of the growing rabble that is making other people’s lives absolute hell. What do you say to these families that are fleeing the Territory because of the breakdown in law and order?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, the member for Greatorex continues to talk down the great town of Alice Springs. People are coming to Alice Springs …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Order!
Mr HENDERSON: Economics 101; the housing availability in Alice Springs. This is why we have a significant land release program happening, but property prices are going up, rents are going up. Why would property prices be going up and rents be going up if everyone was leaving town …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Order!
Mr Bohlin: Because there is no availability. Where are the land titles on Bellamack?
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Drysdale! Order!
Mr HENDERSON: Property prices and rents are going up because the population is increasing. The population is increasing because people are coming to Alice Springs. Every business I speak to, Alice Springs’ economy is going really well …
Mr Conlan: You are in la la land. Karl talk to him, will you? Pull him aside ...
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Greatorex!
Mr Conlan: Save him from embarrassing himself.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Greatorex!
Mr Bohlin: He spent what, one day at the Masters.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Drysdale!
Mr HENDERSON: The economy in Alice Springs is going really well. Every business person I speak to in Alice Springs is actively trying to recruit people to the town, and the population in Alice Springs is growing.
For those people who decide to leave Alice Springs, well, I am sad to hear that. However, a mass exodus of people out of Alice Springs is not supported by the statistics, by the vacancy rates in the housing market and the rental market, by the fact that property prices keep rising in Alice Springs, and by the fact that the economy is growing in Alice Springs. If the member for Greatorex knew anything about the economy, he would know that the economy is fuelled by consumption.
Many people are saying Alice Springs is a great town. We have put in place City Safe, we have a Police Beat in the mall, we have a youth action plan in place, we have CCTVs in place, and we have the Alice Springs Transformation Plan with the Commonwealth government. These are all initiatives undertaken by this government to make Alice Springs a safer place.
The only policy the CLP has to make Alice Springs a safer place is to increase alcohol trading hours and the consumption of alcohol. The stated policy of the CLP during the by-election campaign was people should drink early and fall down before sundown. That will, ultimately, lead to more crime, not less crime.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, the member for Greatorex continues to talk down the great town of Alice Springs. People are coming to Alice Springs …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Order!
Mr HENDERSON: Economics 101; the housing availability in Alice Springs. This is why we have a significant land release program happening, but property prices are going up, rents are going up. Why would property prices be going up and rents be going up if everyone was leaving town …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Order!
Mr Bohlin: Because there is no availability. Where are the land titles on Bellamack?
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Drysdale! Order!
Mr HENDERSON: Property prices and rents are going up because the population is increasing. The population is increasing because people are coming to Alice Springs. Every business I speak to, Alice Springs’ economy is going really well …
Mr Conlan: You are in la la land. Karl talk to him, will you? Pull him aside ...
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Greatorex!
Mr Conlan: Save him from embarrassing himself.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Greatorex!
Mr Bohlin: He spent what, one day at the Masters.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Drysdale!
Mr HENDERSON: The economy in Alice Springs is going really well. Every business person I speak to in Alice Springs is actively trying to recruit people to the town, and the population in Alice Springs is growing.
For those people who decide to leave Alice Springs, well, I am sad to hear that. However, a mass exodus of people out of Alice Springs is not supported by the statistics, by the vacancy rates in the housing market and the rental market, by the fact that property prices keep rising in Alice Springs, and by the fact that the economy is growing in Alice Springs. If the member for Greatorex knew anything about the economy, he would know that the economy is fuelled by consumption.
Many people are saying Alice Springs is a great town. We have put in place City Safe, we have a Police Beat in the mall, we have a youth action plan in place, we have CCTVs in place, and we have the Alice Springs Transformation Plan with the Commonwealth government. These are all initiatives undertaken by this government to make Alice Springs a safer place.
The only policy the CLP has to make Alice Springs a safer place is to increase alcohol trading hours and the consumption of alcohol. The stated policy of the CLP during the by-election campaign was people should drink early and fall down before sundown. That will, ultimately, lead to more crime, not less crime.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016