❓ Ms. Collins asks about the Liquor Control Amendment Bill's impact on reducing violence and improving safety in nightlife areas. The Minister outlines the Bill's purpose, exclusion orders, and targeted precincts, emphasizing public safety and support for the legislation.
AnsweredQoN 650Legislative Assembly
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LIQUOR CONTROL AMENDMENT
(PROTECTED ENTERTAINMENT PRECINCTS) BILL 2022 — ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
650. Ms C.M. COLLINS to the Minister for Racing and Gaming:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's commitment to tackle antisocial behaviour.
(1) Can the
minister advise the house on how the amendments to the Liquor Control Act 1988
that were introduced today will help reduce violence and improve safety within
some of Western Australia's most popular nightlife areas, including my
electorate of Hillarys?
(2) Can the minister also outline to
the house why these laws should be supported?
(PROTECTED ENTERTAINMENT PRECINCTS) BILL 2022 — ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
650. Ms C.M. COLLINS to the Minister for Racing and Gaming:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's commitment to tackle antisocial behaviour.
(1) Can the
minister advise the house on how the amendments to the Liquor Control Act 1988
that were introduced today will help reduce violence and improve safety within
some of Western Australia's most popular nightlife areas, including my
electorate of Hillarys?
(2) Can the minister also outline to
the house why these laws should be supported?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Hillarys for
the question, her interest in this area and her support of the proposed
legislation that I read into Parliament today, as she mentioned. I also thank
the member for Scarborough, who I am looking at, who has also been a great
supporter.
(1)–(2) I
read it into Parliament today and I had in the gallery the Raco family and the
widow of Giuseppe Raco. One of the main catalysts for why we have introduced
the legislation is to try to ensure our amazing entertainment precincts can be
there for the majority of Western Australians who want to go to them and enjoy them. They want to enjoy these vibrant
entertainment precincts. They do not want to go to these areas with the
fear that they may not come home. They do not want their loved ones to work at
a nightclub, as Giuseppe Raco did, and never come home. We should as a government
and a Parliament enact laws that will go some way to try to make these places
safer and more enjoyable to visit, work in, have a meal in or go to a nightclub
in et cetera. This legislation starts off with five precincts; they are
Northbridge city, Fremantle, Hillarys, Scarborough and Mandurah. They will be
prescribed by regulation so they can be added to and changed as we see fit.
This will settle on the precinct areas only after consultation with the
Commissioner of Police, the relevant local government authorities and any other
relevant stakeholders.
In
regard to the precincts, we are trying to exclude people who are doing the
wrong thing. Precincts are there to
be enjoyed by people doing the right thing—those who want to work there
and enjoy those entertainment precincts. We are enacting laws that will
have two exclusion orders—a short-term exclusion order of up to six months
and an extended exclusion order of up to five years. We are also introducing a mandatory
exclusion for certain prescribed offences—very serious offences such as
murder, manslaughter, grievous bodily harm, aggravated sexual penetration
without consent and others. Once a person has served their custodial sentence,
they will be excluded from those precincts for five years. We think that
measure should be supported by this Parliament and the public of Western Australia.
The precinct areas should be a place where people can go and work safely,
recreate and enjoy the entertainment facilities free from thugs, murderers,
violent offenders, rapists and drink spikers. That is the legislation that I introduced
into Parliament today that I hope the Parliament will support.
the question, her interest in this area and her support of the proposed
legislation that I read into Parliament today, as she mentioned. I also thank
the member for Scarborough, who I am looking at, who has also been a great
supporter.
(1)–(2) I
read it into Parliament today and I had in the gallery the Raco family and the
widow of Giuseppe Raco. One of the main catalysts for why we have introduced
the legislation is to try to ensure our amazing entertainment precincts can be
there for the majority of Western Australians who want to go to them and enjoy them. They want to enjoy these vibrant
entertainment precincts. They do not want to go to these areas with the
fear that they may not come home. They do not want their loved ones to work at
a nightclub, as Giuseppe Raco did, and never come home. We should as a government
and a Parliament enact laws that will go some way to try to make these places
safer and more enjoyable to visit, work in, have a meal in or go to a nightclub
in et cetera. This legislation starts off with five precincts; they are
Northbridge city, Fremantle, Hillarys, Scarborough and Mandurah. They will be
prescribed by regulation so they can be added to and changed as we see fit.
This will settle on the precinct areas only after consultation with the
Commissioner of Police, the relevant local government authorities and any other
relevant stakeholders.
In
regard to the precincts, we are trying to exclude people who are doing the
wrong thing. Precincts are there to
be enjoyed by people doing the right thing—those who want to work there
and enjoy those entertainment precincts. We are enacting laws that will
have two exclusion orders—a short-term exclusion order of up to six months
and an extended exclusion order of up to five years. We are also introducing a mandatory
exclusion for certain prescribed offences—very serious offences such as
murder, manslaughter, grievous bodily harm, aggravated sexual penetration
without consent and others. Once a person has served their custodial sentence,
they will be excluded from those precincts for five years. We think that
measure should be supported by this Parliament and the public of Western Australia.
The precinct areas should be a place where people can go and work safely,
recreate and enjoy the entertainment facilities free from thugs, murderers,
violent offenders, rapists and drink spikers. That is the legislation that I introduced
into Parliament today that I hope the Parliament will support.
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