Mrs BRAHAM - 2008-02-13
I was very pleased to see that, last week, you actually put up signs in one of the public housing estates that has worried me for quite some time, saying it is a restricted area for the common areas, so they cannot drink on the lawns under the trees. As well, in Alice we put up signs saying that this is a dry town so you cannot drink in the drain or in the parks surrounding these complexes. The member for Blain is concerned that the signs you put up in Darwin will only push people out into the long grass to drink because Darwin is not a dry town. You know what I am going to ask. Why do you not bring Darwin in line with the rest of the Territory and make it a dry town?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Braitling for her question. In a previous question, I alluded to the fact that, as a government, we do not see a one-size-fits-all approach; that we have adopted a consultative approach across the Territory. Those approaches, I believe, are working very successfully in Alice Springs and Katherine.
When the former Minister for Housing and I announced this policy about common areas in Housing Commission properties, we foreshadowed that, as a government, we will be taking further steps regarding antisocial behaviour and itinerancy in Darwin and beyond.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Braitling for her question. In a previous question, I alluded to the fact that, as a government, we do not see a one-size-fits-all approach; that we have adopted a consultative approach across the Territory. Those approaches, I believe, are working very successfully in Alice Springs and Katherine.
When the former Minister for Housing and I announced this policy about common areas in Housing Commission properties, we foreshadowed that, as a government, we will be taking further steps regarding antisocial behaviour and itinerancy in Darwin and beyond.
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