Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Western Victoria Region

Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (14:14): (1639) My constituency question is to the Minister for Police. In the early hours of Saturday morning a Toyota ute was stolen in Miners Rest. The victim, who was awoken by the engine, quickly raised the alarm with their housemate, who then jumped into another car and followed the stolen vehicle whilst on the phone to Triple Zero Victoria. Whilst following the vehicle, the victims were actually rammed by their own stolen car. Police found the stolen Toyota ute dumped in Wendouree a short time after the ramming incident occurred. My question to the minister is: why are you letting these sorts of things happen in Victoria – these incidents should not occur – and what are you going to do about stopping it? People are terrorised, and it does not seem like the government is even listening to this, let alone actually caring. So, Minister, what are you going to do to stop it?