Tuesday, 11 August 2026

 Wendy LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (14:17): (2484) My question is for the Minister for Police. Will the minister allocate additional police to the Whittlesea police service area to tackle dangerous hoon driving in the Yan Yean electorate? Liberal candidate for Yan Yean Amanda Dow has been speaking to residents near Hazel Glen Drive and Yan Yean Road who are concerned about the noise, smoke and danger on the roads caused by reckless hoon drivers. I have also heard from residents near Upper Plenty who shared video footage of large meets taking place after midnight where drivers race and do burnouts that frighten neighbours and keep them awake at night. Police have been notified many times, and residents are totally fed up with the Labor government’s failure to effectively tackle this problem. Under Labor, police numbers in the Whittlesea PSA are down to 40 to 60 per cent of allocation, which prevents officers being able to adequately address this problem. Only the Liberals have a real plan for community safety. We will hire 3000 more police and enforce tougher consequences for criminal offenders.