Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Western Metropolitan Region

Trung LUU (Western Metropolitan) (13:09): (1593) My constituency question is for the Minister for Police and is regarding the cuts of $50 million to Victoria Police in the recent 2025–26 budget. Police stations are reducing their operational hours across the state. Aggravated burglaries and robberies are increasing by a whopping 83 per cent across Melbourne’s west, and in areas like Werribee and Point Cook residents have contacted me and raised the question of crime in their neighbourhoods. Can the minister please update my constituents on the Allan Labor government’s plan to combat the crime crisis – addressing escalating youth crime, stabilising the rapid rise in crime rates, keeping police stations open and employing additional police officers to hit the streets – when this government continues cutting police operation budgets? Overall $50 million has been cut from the police operations budget. Minister, under your watch public confidence in Victoria Police has plummeted to a low of 55 per cent.