Thursday, 16 October 2025

 Renee HEATH (Eastern Victoria) (12:55): (1892) My question is for the Minister for Police. In Pakenham my constituents often tell their children not to go near Cardinia Road station after school because groups of teenagers have been gathering there at night. Fights break out, and there are often machetes. Locals and police say that it is the same offenders that keep coming back because they keep getting bail. This government has changed bail laws five times in recent history, but crime in Pakenham has risen by 3821 incidents in the last year alone. Can the minister please provide me statistics on how many of the total criminal incidents in the Cardinia police service area over the past three years have involved offenders that were already out on bail?