Tuesday, 17 March 2026

 Nicole WERNER (Warrandyte) (14:40): (1566) My question is for the Minister for Police. Can the minister explain why the hours at Doncaster police station have been cut to 10 am to 6 pm when crime across my electorate is skyrocketing? Recently someone from my community who had been the victim of a crime drove to the police station to seek assistance and refuge, only to find that the station was closed. The fact that hours have been reduced at our local station, when locally in the past two years motor vehicle theft is up 139 per cent, arson has spiked by 180 per cent and now more than half of all crimes in Manningham go unsolved, is incredible. Our local police go above and beyond to serve our community brilliantly, but they are under-resourced and underfunded. This is clearly a failing of the Allan Labor government, who have achieved nothing in fixing the crime crisis. That is simply not good enough, and my community deserves answers. They pay their taxes, they follow the law and they deserve protection when they need it.