David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:58): (2290) My question is for the Minister for Police. Residents living beside Cranbourne Racecourse are used to the sounds of horses and revelry from punters, but these sounds are being replaced with the sounds of revving dirt bike engines, illegal tree cutting and bush-bashing by paddock bombs. My office is receiving reports that the reserve owned by Southside Racing and managed by Casey council is being vandalised by trespassers, used as a makeshift rally track and disturbed by unlawful tree felling and dirt excavating. Some residents have also had their fences and other private property damaged by these hooligans. Casey council and Victoria Police have both been notified many times about these issues and attempted to help residents, but no long-term solutions to these ongoing safety issues have been implemented or proposed. Therefore my question to the minister is: will the minister investigate reports of vandalism, trespassing and other unlawful activity taking place within Cranbourne Racecourse grounds and implement a long-term solution?
Sitting suspended 12:59 pm until 2:02 pm.