Ms WALKER - 2011-10-20
Can you update the House on how the government’s new alcohol laws are helping police to cut crime?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, we have introduced the toughest …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Fong Lim!
Mr HENDERSON: We have introduced the toughest alcohol laws in the country. Police tell us that the laws we have are the best tools they have to tackle crime. If you do not believe us, member for Fong Lim, at least listen to our police, because that is what they are saying in spades …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Greatorex! Order!
Mr HENDERSON: The CLP want to ignore our police. We have had two Assistant Commissioners publicly say these are the best tools they have ever had to deal with alcohol-related crime. What do those clowns opposite in the CLP say? They have given an ironclad guarantee that they will remove the best tool the police have ever had to cut alcohol-related crime from police ...
Mr Styles: And replace it with one that really works.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Mr HENDERSON: They will remove that particular tool. We have a simple solution …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Katherine and member for Greatorex!
Mr HENDERSON: … the government introduced the laws. The police have said - and we have four ex-police officers opposite - they are the best tools they have to cut crime, and the opposition has guaranteed they will scrap them. As I said, two Assistant Commissioners have said - and I talk to police officers virtually every day in this job …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Greatorex!
Mr HENDERSON: … from Alice Springs, all the way up the track, to remote communities, they are saying these tools are fantastic.
The CLP has committed to placing an Assistant Commissioner in Alice Springs. Why? Why would you have an Assistant Commissioner in Alice Springs? So you could ignore the Assistant Commissioner in Alice Springs in the same way you ignore the Assistant Commissioners in Darwin? Why would you put an Assistant Commissioner in Alice Springs if you were just going to ignore them? You are going to say: ‘It does not matter what you say, we are going to ignore what you say’? What is the point of putting an Assistant Commissioner in Alice Springs if you are not going to let them fight crime?
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Braitling! Order! Member for Braitling!
Mr HENDERSON: Member for Greatorex, you have an Assistant Commissioner there who says: ‘Please, do not get rid of these laws. Please do not get rid of these laws; they are really effective in Alice Springs’. No, the CLP would say: ‘No, no, we are going to scrap these laws and take them away from you’.
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Greatorex and member for Braitling! Order!
Mr HENDERSON: … to turn 1500 offenders off the grog. What we would have is the CLP taking these laws away and putting those 1500 people who are currently off the grog …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Mr HENDERSON: You would put them back on tap tomorrow. That is CLP policy; and CLP policy that our police absolutely oppose ...
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: There are far too many interjections. Chief Minister, have you finished your answer or are you continuing?
Mr HENDERSON: Madam Speaker, we have a long way to go. These laws are only three months old but they are heading in the right direction. Crime is down. Police say these are the best tools they have ever had. Once again, those clowns opposite will not listen to police. They would scrap those tools, they would scrap them tomorrow …
Madam SPEAKER: Chief Minister, your time has expired.
Mr HENDERSON: … and 1500 people would be back on the grog.
Madam SPEAKER: Chief Minister, your time has expired.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, we have introduced the toughest …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Fong Lim!
Mr HENDERSON: We have introduced the toughest alcohol laws in the country. Police tell us that the laws we have are the best tools they have to tackle crime. If you do not believe us, member for Fong Lim, at least listen to our police, because that is what they are saying in spades …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Greatorex! Order!
Mr HENDERSON: The CLP want to ignore our police. We have had two Assistant Commissioners publicly say these are the best tools they have ever had to deal with alcohol-related crime. What do those clowns opposite in the CLP say? They have given an ironclad guarantee that they will remove the best tool the police have ever had to cut alcohol-related crime from police ...
Mr Styles: And replace it with one that really works.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Mr HENDERSON: They will remove that particular tool. We have a simple solution …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Katherine and member for Greatorex!
Mr HENDERSON: … the government introduced the laws. The police have said - and we have four ex-police officers opposite - they are the best tools they have to cut crime, and the opposition has guaranteed they will scrap them. As I said, two Assistant Commissioners have said - and I talk to police officers virtually every day in this job …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order! Member for Greatorex!
Mr HENDERSON: … from Alice Springs, all the way up the track, to remote communities, they are saying these tools are fantastic.
The CLP has committed to placing an Assistant Commissioner in Alice Springs. Why? Why would you have an Assistant Commissioner in Alice Springs? So you could ignore the Assistant Commissioner in Alice Springs in the same way you ignore the Assistant Commissioners in Darwin? Why would you put an Assistant Commissioner in Alice Springs if you were just going to ignore them? You are going to say: ‘It does not matter what you say, we are going to ignore what you say’? What is the point of putting an Assistant Commissioner in Alice Springs if you are not going to let them fight crime?
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Braitling! Order! Member for Braitling!
Mr HENDERSON: Member for Greatorex, you have an Assistant Commissioner there who says: ‘Please, do not get rid of these laws. Please do not get rid of these laws; they are really effective in Alice Springs’. No, the CLP would say: ‘No, no, we are going to scrap these laws and take them away from you’.
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Member for Greatorex and member for Braitling! Order!
Mr HENDERSON: … to turn 1500 offenders off the grog. What we would have is the CLP taking these laws away and putting those 1500 people who are currently off the grog …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Mr HENDERSON: You would put them back on tap tomorrow. That is CLP policy; and CLP policy that our police absolutely oppose ...
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: There are far too many interjections. Chief Minister, have you finished your answer or are you continuing?
Mr HENDERSON: Madam Speaker, we have a long way to go. These laws are only three months old but they are heading in the right direction. Crime is down. Police say these are the best tools they have ever had. Once again, those clowns opposite will not listen to police. They would scrap those tools, they would scrap them tomorrow …
Madam SPEAKER: Chief Minister, your time has expired.
Mr HENDERSON: … and 1500 people would be back on the grog.
Madam SPEAKER: Chief Minister, your time has expired.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016