MINISTER TO LAUNCH A SAFER NEW YEAR FOR GAWLER
Joint Media Release
The Hon Brendan O’Connor
Minister for Home Affairs
Nick Champion
Member for Wakefield
21 January 2010
Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor, and the Member for Wakefield, Nick Champion, today launched the Town of Gawler’s $75,000 CCTV installation in Gawler City Centre project, funded under the Australian Government’s Safer Suburbs Plan.
“The Town of Gawler is to be congratulated on its commitment to the safety and well being of its residents, and for the successful implementation of the CCTV project,” Mr O’Connor said.
“The Australian Government is working with all levels of Government and local communities to continue to make our streets and suburbs safer, and community-based projects such as this that are often the most successful.
“Through liaison with stakeholders and the community the Town of Gawler has succeeded in enhancing its CCTV infrastructure to benefit the community,” Member for Wakefield, Mr Nick Champion, said.
The grant was awarded last year to improve community safety and reduce property crime through the extension of the existing CCTV camera system that was installed in Murray Street, Gawler in 2008.
The extension will provide coverage along Cowan Street, within Pioneer Park, the Visitor Information Centre and in Centenary Lane.
“As well as addressing housing, education and unemployment, the Government is helping communities install infrastructure in an effort to reduce crime and the fear of crime in the community,” the Minister for Home Affairs said.
Contact:
Nick Champion 0488 556 306
Robert Ayling (Minister O’Connor’s office) 0410 478 445
