Friday, 14 November 2025

 Michael O’BRIEN (Malvern) (10:16): 104 per cent. That is not the tax increase since Labor was elected; that is 130 per cent. 104 per cent is not the increase in net debt since Labor was elected, because that is 1,500 per cent. No, 104 per cent is the increase in the number of aggravated burglaries in the Malvern electorate in just the last 12 months, a doubling of the number of families I represent who have had their security and their sanctity shattered because of this Labor government’s decisions. Labor decided to weaken bail laws – this is what you get. Labor decided to weaken crime laws, to shut prisons and to cut crime prevention programs – this is what you get. And Labor decided to close the Malvern police station for 16 hours a day – this is what you get. My constituents are good people; they are honest, they are hardworking, they are community-minded. They do not deserve a 104 per cent increase in aggravated burglaries. They do not deserve a doubling of people breaking into their homes armed with machetes or knives to rob them in their sleep. But this is what you get under this Labor government, and this is what will continue until Victorians change the government in November next year.