Dr LIM - 2007-04-18
In March, mounted police came down from Darwin to patrol Alice Springs during the weekend of the Crows versus Eagles football game. In the Centralian Advocate on 20 March, Senior Constable Samantha Charlton said that, given our huge social disorder issues in this town, she thought that mounted police would be of benefit in Alice Springs, because:
In your desperate scramble to give the people of Alice Springs some attention this week, will you commit to providing mounted police in Alice Springs on a permanent basis within the next month?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I seem to be very popular tonight.
Ms Carney: No!
Dr BURNS: I am not popular? All right. Not with you.
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Dr BURNS: Madam Speaker, to answer the member for Greatorex’s question, the issue of having a mounted police presence in Alice Springs was raised with me some weeks ago by the Police Commissioner. He is very favourable about doing that. Certainly, the member for Braitling raised this with me in a conversation I had with her a week or two ago. I believe the member for Greatorex has got on the bandwagon a bit belatedly ...
Dr Lim interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Dr BURNS: What I can say is that I am very positive about having a mounted police presence in Alice Springs. I have had a conversation with the member for Braitling who, I believe, is a fantastic advocate for …
Mrs Braham interjecting.
Dr BURNS: Of course I will, and I did tell you that in our conversation, member for Braitling. Thank you for raising that with me. The member for Braitling is a fantastic advocate for the people of Alice Springs. She is someone …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Dr BURNS: She is someone, amongst others, who I feel, if I speak to, gives it to me straight. She is a very wise person and I respect her counsel. She suggested this to me for consideration by police, and that will be done.
- … we can get into places where police vehicles can’t, we can also gallop faster than people can run, we can see into places where people are drinking and can jump into places as well.
In your desperate scramble to give the people of Alice Springs some attention this week, will you commit to providing mounted police in Alice Springs on a permanent basis within the next month?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I seem to be very popular tonight.
Ms Carney: No!
Dr BURNS: I am not popular? All right. Not with you.
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Dr BURNS: Madam Speaker, to answer the member for Greatorex’s question, the issue of having a mounted police presence in Alice Springs was raised with me some weeks ago by the Police Commissioner. He is very favourable about doing that. Certainly, the member for Braitling raised this with me in a conversation I had with her a week or two ago. I believe the member for Greatorex has got on the bandwagon a bit belatedly ...
Dr Lim interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Dr BURNS: What I can say is that I am very positive about having a mounted police presence in Alice Springs. I have had a conversation with the member for Braitling who, I believe, is a fantastic advocate for …
Mrs Braham interjecting.
Dr BURNS: Of course I will, and I did tell you that in our conversation, member for Braitling. Thank you for raising that with me. The member for Braitling is a fantastic advocate for the people of Alice Springs. She is someone …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Dr BURNS: She is someone, amongst others, who I feel, if I speak to, gives it to me straight. She is a very wise person and I respect her counsel. She suggested this to me for consideration by police, and that will be done.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016