South-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Ann-Marie HERMANS (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (14:19): (977) My question is to the Minister for Police, and I ask: since under Premier Allan’s Labor government there is a family domestic violence arrest every 90 minutes in my electorate of the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region, with police arrests in 2024 at 17 a day – one every 1½ hours – what actions are being taken by the Allan government to address this crisis? Police are to be applauded for their initiative and the amount of proactive work they are doing in the area, with their recent blitz laying over 7500 charges so far this year, but with half of their resources being used on domestic violence issues, there are not enough police on the beat for everyday policing. With five councils – Casey, Cardinia, Greater Dandenong, Frankston and Mornington Peninsula – accounting for more than 70 per cent of domestic violence incidents across the south-east of Melbourne, urgent intervention by this tired Labor government to provide more resources for police is essential.