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Who’s leading with good police public policy in Tasmania?

2009

In response to a growing epidemic of dangerous driving and disqualified driving, the State Liberals produced a formal policy on vehicle impoundment.

The Labor Government spent six months denying the need for such a move to improve road safety outcomes. However,after producing a weak version of our policy, in August at the State Labor conference the Premier declared that his governments own legislation was too weak and instructed his Minister to match the Liberal position.

Legislation has been introduced, a move welcomed by the State Liberals, but further improvements are needed to make this legislation truly effective such as including excessive drink driving and including those who are drive unlicensed or have a suspended licence.

You judge for your self - view our policy here:

Earlier this year the State Liberals released a formal policy paper that committed a Hodgman Liberal Government to the roll-out of high-visibility highway patrol cars in Tasmania.

Following the release of this policy and the selling of the research of logic behind this policy, the Minister announced the adoption of the Liberal’s policy and even invited Rene Hidding to the public unveiling of the four specially marked HI-VIS patrol cars.

Have you seen one of the new high visibility cars? Tell us what you think?

See this policy here.

The legislation introduced for drug testing of drivers under the influence of a drug was the result of much hard work and sustained pressure by the State Liberals. We aim to continue work on this area of policy as part of our commitment to ensure greater safety for motorists on Tasmanian roads

The saga of the new $1.5million police vessel PV Fortescue was nothing short of a shambles. This process saw the avoidance of a public tendering process and the matter referred to the Auditor General by Rene Hidding and the result of that was an adverse finding.

The State Liberals continued to pressure the State Labor Government on this issue. Rene Hidding revealed that the PV Fortescue had serious design and operational issues, despite the Minister protesting loudly that everything was fine with the boat and it was about to go into service.

Following relentless public pressuring, the Minister finally informed the Parliament that the PV Fortescue would come out of the water and not be put into service until such time that it was satisfactorily rebuilt.

Rene Hidding, over successive years of Police Estimates scrutiny, highlighted the dangers of unloading of the police Glock firearm. As a result of revealing a series of dangerous incidents, special metal unloading traps were installed in all police stations.

So given the State Liberals leadership and vision from Opposition, imagine what tremendous things we’ll be able to do when we get into Government in 2010?