Tuesday, 28 October 2025

 Ann-Marie HERMANS (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:54): The government promised Victorians that machete amnesty bins would be placed outside 24-hour police stations to ensure safety and proper supervision. My question is to the Minister for Police. Mernda police station, for instance, and I believe other stations like Whittlesea are now operating on reduced hours, from 9 am to 6 pm, and some are closed on weekends. That commitment is clearly in doubt, and we are finding that in the south-east as well. Minister, will you confirm the number of machete amnesty bins that are currently located outside stations that are not open 24 hours and whether any of the bins in the south-east region, including Frankston, Dandenong and Cranbourne, will remain outside any other closed or part-time stations?