Rowville electorate
Kim WELLS (Rowville) (14:50): (616) My question is for the Minister for Youth Justice: when will the minister release a plan of action in response to increasing rates of youth reoffending in my electorate of Rowville? Residents in the electorate of Rowville are demanding that more action be taken in regard to youth crime. Currently in Victoria youth crime has risen by 30 per cent and residents are terrified. Just recently a constituent informed me that his elderly wife is so terrified with the level of youth crime she is actually terrified to leave the house and is also scared that her home will be invaded, so she is in an impossible situation. Recently we had the situation where a mother is questioning why her own 14-year-old son is not locked up when he constantly is released on bail for serious crime. Currently that 14-year-old is up on over 100 charges.