Tuesday, 1 August 2023

Western Metropolitan Region

David ETTERSHANK (Western Metropolitan) (14:24): (287) My constituency question is for the Attorney-General. My constituent is a resident of Sunshine, and like many other Victorians she was alarmed to see reports of a so-called ‘White power lifting meet’ at a gym in Sunshine North over the weekend. She was disgusted to find that the event organised by the European Australian Movement and the National Socialist Network called on members to ‘celebrate the movement’s exponential growth’. My constituent is feeling unsafe in her community knowing that white supremacists are holding recruitment events that can only result in an escalation in bigotry, in racism, in misogyny, in antisemitism and in violence. So my constituent asks: what is the Attorney-General proposing to ensure that our western suburbs do not become a safe haven for violent right-wing extremists?