Thursday, 5 March 2026

 Kim WELLS (Rowville) (14:47): (1552) My question is to the Minister for Police. When will the minister and the Allan Labor government provide Victoria Police with urgent additional resources to ensure Rowville police station opening hours are restored to seven days a week, following the deeply concerning recent decision to cut operational hours back to only two days per week? Numerous angry local residents have contacted my office, deeply concerned and appalled at the cuts to the Rowville police station’s public counter opening hours back to only two days a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays between 10 and 6. This disturbing decision seriously threatens local community safety in my electorate, particularly for those who seek a safe haven fleeing from domestic violence incidents or other violent crimes and go to the Rowville police station and find it closed. Extra resourcing must be urgently provided to Victoria Police to deploy more police officers to allow Rowville police station to resume seven days a week.