Tuesday, 28 July 2026

 Melina BATH (Eastern Victoria) (13:01): (2426) In the Latrobe Valley crime has risen in the last four years 30 per cent, and it has lost eight full-time Victoria Police positions. My constituent Nathan Theissling is a small business owner, and he has witnessed much crime on our streets. He has witnessed a violent carjacking, a ramraid, violent assaults and rampant youth crime, and all the while we see the current Victorian government mention a police academy. A police academy in the near future is not good enough. I call on the Minister for Police and ask: what is he going to do to stop this 30 per cent increase in crime on our streets?