Crime statistics
Brad BATTIN (Berwick) (09:37): Crime statistics in Casey are a huge issue – a 16.5 per cent increase in overall crime in Casey alone and an 8.3 per cent increase in crime in Cardinia. We have got 51.1 per cent of criminal incidents going unsolved in Casey. This means 51.1 per cent of people who are committing crimes are getting away with it and continuing to commit crime in our state, and it is simply not good enough. We have got a 61.4 per cent increase in service station crime – that is, people driving off without paying for their fuel. Why? There is a cost-of-living crisis out in the growth corridors. People need to get to work, and they are going to desperate measures to get there. It is time the government stepped up and started to fix the cost-of-living chaos here in the state so we can get our crime stats under control.