Ms WALKER - 2011-08-17
Can you please outline to the House how the Alice Springs Youth Action Plan is supporting young people and making the community safer?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Nhulunbuy for her question. It is an important question, and I ask opposition members to listen because they might learn something.
The Youth Action Plan is having a huge impact on Alice Springs, particularly ensuring families and children are getting the support they need. The Youth Hub is becoming a central place for youth in Alice Springs. We have the department of Family and Children’s Services working out of there, along with the Youth Street Outreach workers. They are out on the streets seven nights a week.
The police have this to say about the hub: the hub is a dedicated place to take young people off the street and is having a big impact, and having more beds in the safe houses makes a big difference to their work. It is supported by the police in Alice Springs - unfortunately, not by the opposition members. The police support the Youth Hub and the Youth Action Plan, and it is making a big difference.
This government has delivered many other measures for the people of Alice Springs, such as the Banned Drinker Register - nearly 1000 drinkers are on the Banned Drinker Register - banning notices, a general purpose police dog, better CCTV monitoring which we know has had some success recently, the new juvenile detention facility in Alice Springs, lighting of hot spots in Alice Springs, and amendments to the Bail Act which will make a real difference.
We on this side of the House are serious about delivering for the people of Alice Springs and tackling these matters in Alice Springs. We know you cannot be serious about tackling these issues if you do not tackle the core problems of alcohol. We know those on the opposite side of the House are not serious because they are not serious about tackling alcohol problems.
Banning every young person on the streets of Alice Springs will not solve the problems, as the CLP wants to do. It will not make a difference, but banning problem drinkers in Alice Springs will.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Nhulunbuy for her question. It is an important question, and I ask opposition members to listen because they might learn something.
The Youth Action Plan is having a huge impact on Alice Springs, particularly ensuring families and children are getting the support they need. The Youth Hub is becoming a central place for youth in Alice Springs. We have the department of Family and Children’s Services working out of there, along with the Youth Street Outreach workers. They are out on the streets seven nights a week.
The police have this to say about the hub: the hub is a dedicated place to take young people off the street and is having a big impact, and having more beds in the safe houses makes a big difference to their work. It is supported by the police in Alice Springs - unfortunately, not by the opposition members. The police support the Youth Hub and the Youth Action Plan, and it is making a big difference.
This government has delivered many other measures for the people of Alice Springs, such as the Banned Drinker Register - nearly 1000 drinkers are on the Banned Drinker Register - banning notices, a general purpose police dog, better CCTV monitoring which we know has had some success recently, the new juvenile detention facility in Alice Springs, lighting of hot spots in Alice Springs, and amendments to the Bail Act which will make a real difference.
We on this side of the House are serious about delivering for the people of Alice Springs and tackling these matters in Alice Springs. We know you cannot be serious about tackling these issues if you do not tackle the core problems of alcohol. We know those on the opposite side of the House are not serious because they are not serious about tackling alcohol problems.
Banning every young person on the streets of Alice Springs will not solve the problems, as the CLP wants to do. It will not make a difference, but banning problem drinkers in Alice Springs will.
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