Mc McCARTHY - 2008-09-11
We have heard the Chief Minister’s outline of this government’s plan to upgrade the police station in Alice Springs. Can you please advise the House of other announcements made by the Chief Minister to help make Alice Springs a safer place to live and work?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Barkly for his question. I am proud to stand here as the Minister for Central Australia with my first question on Central Australia.
In this House, we all know about antisocial behaviour and crime. It has been discussed over many decades in this parliament. It is wonderful to hear the Chief Minister announce, during Community Cabinet in Alice Springs, the partnership we have with the Alice Springs Town Council on putting the $1.1m into CCTV. That is not the only issue here. This government has realised that there has to be a monitoring process with the CCTV, and the extra $200 000 allocated for that process is wonderful for Central Australia and Alice Springs. It highlights to us that this government is serious about the safety of our families, the safety of visitors who come to our beautiful town of Alice Springs, and the safety of our children and ourselves when we go for coffee in the mall in Alice Springs.
I take this opportunity to thank the Chief Minister as head of the Labor government for taking considerable thought in the way that you have allocated the $1.1m for the CCTV, but also realising that the monitoring process of that portion is very important as well, and we do take Central Australia very seriously.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Barkly for his question. I am proud to stand here as the Minister for Central Australia with my first question on Central Australia.
In this House, we all know about antisocial behaviour and crime. It has been discussed over many decades in this parliament. It is wonderful to hear the Chief Minister announce, during Community Cabinet in Alice Springs, the partnership we have with the Alice Springs Town Council on putting the $1.1m into CCTV. That is not the only issue here. This government has realised that there has to be a monitoring process with the CCTV, and the extra $200 000 allocated for that process is wonderful for Central Australia and Alice Springs. It highlights to us that this government is serious about the safety of our families, the safety of visitors who come to our beautiful town of Alice Springs, and the safety of our children and ourselves when we go for coffee in the mall in Alice Springs.
I take this opportunity to thank the Chief Minister as head of the Labor government for taking considerable thought in the way that you have allocated the $1.1m for the CCTV, but also realising that the monitoring process of that portion is very important as well, and we do take Central Australia very seriously.
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