Tuesday, 3 February 2026

 Matthew GUY (Bulleen) (19:24): There are 376 fewer police since Jacinta Allan, the member for Bendigo East, became Premier. In my electorate of Bulleen home invasions are up and cars continue to be carjacked or youths crash them and sprint out of the cars. Out the front of my electorate office I am constantly having to give security to Victoria Police because these incidents in central Doncaster are happening all the time. In Manningham assaults are up, robberies are up, knife attacks are becoming, very sadly, all too frequent at Westfield in Doncaster. This matches the fact that we have a 29 per cent increase in crime under the watch of the Premier. The Police Association Victoria says we are 1400 police short in Victoria – 1400 police short. Stations are closing – in fact there are 41 closed or reduced-hour stations that are now in Victoria. That is the case under Jacinta Allan. Experienced police are leaving. The government is not giving the police the powers they need to do their job, such as strengthening bail laws. Wayne Gatt, the head of the police association, says:

If police numbers continue to drop, crime will continue to rise.

This is the state Victoria is in. This is why crime is up 29 per cent under the watch of the Premier. The only way to fix this at the end of the year is once and for all to change the government.