Tuesday, 2 December 2025

 Trung LUU (Western Metropolitan) (02:21): (2183) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Police in the other place in relation to the accusations that police are racially profiling law-breakers, criminals and offenders. The action I seek is for the minister to form some courage and officially back our Victoria Police, the men and women in blue who serve our great state to keep us safe, against the ridiculous claim. Recent reports say Victoria Police are supposedly racially profiling people. This is nothing but a fabrication, and it is gutter reporting and is nonsense, misleading the community on the issue at hand. Police are dealing with a crime crisis as a result of the watering down of legislation and the weakening of police powers by the Labor government. Criminal activists acting on behalf of offenders cry victimhood every single time when they start seeing the consequences for their actions. I must make two things absolutely clear. This is not about racial profiling and is not about racism, it is a tactic deflecting the administration of justice. These groups constantly try to subvert police power and move towards their preferred style of the so-called community-led alternative to policing. Victoria Police are trying to do their job to keep us safe and our community safe. Why does this government always seem to bend to the woke media on this issue and not come out strongly to refute these claims? I have heard nothing from the minister since the report from the Centre Against Racial Profiling delivered their so-called findings, no doubt from some so-called resource or complaint of those in custody and their criminal associates.

Victoria Police has denied engaging in so-called racial profiling. Our law enforcement body, which is trying to deal with a criminal crisis under the Allan government and to keep communities safe, said they are not racially profiling. We ask these men and women in blue to risk their lives every single day, yet this government believes the words of criminals, offenders and activists over these people who are willing to put their lives on the line day in, day out. Police respond to behaviour and incidents. It is not racially driven, and I can attest to that. No matter whether you are black, white, yellow or green, if you commit an offence or are about to commit an offence, you will be dealt with appropriately. Too often activists prey on and target vulnerable individuals of diverse heritages and backgrounds, who may have crossed to the wrong side of the law and are unfamiliar with the legal process, to do their bidding. They mislead these individuals with false information and empty promises to exaggerate various claims and allegations. For the benefit of the community and those seeking to diminish our upstanding Victoria Police, racial profiling was officially outlawed in 2015 in this state, and as a result police training methods and procedures were transformed a decade ago. We know criminals utilise various means to avoid convictions and prison. This side of the chamber will always back our police, and we call the minister to do the same.