Security guard was not 'assimilating' with anti-social group, govt agency says

Evidence describing the City Renewal Authority contracting a security guard to assimilate into groups of "anti-social" people in Canberra's city is incorrect, the government agency has said.

Graffiti in Garema Place. Picture by Karleen Minney

Instead, the events company contracted by the authority to gather data on public drinking, fighting and harassment around Garema Place hired security guards to simply observe, the authority said.