Tuesday, 18 February 2025

Cranbourne electorate community safety

Pauline RICHARDS (Cranbourne) (19:03): (1002) My adjournment is to the Minister for Community Safety, and the action I seek is an update on the work being done by the Allan Labor government to enhance community safety in Cranbourne. In my community of Cranbourne we have extraordinary police working tirelessly to keep us safe. Just last week we opened a brand new Orange Door in Cranbourne’s High Street because we acknowledge that family violence is the greatest law and order challenge we face. I am aware of the amazing work being undertaken in schools with our recently boosted funding for homework clubs, and of course we are providing mental health practitioners in schools. We particularly need to keep our young people on the straight and narrow. We need to get young people into jobs, and ensuring that 10 per cent of jobs on our big government projects are allocated to apprentices and trainees is part of that work. I am proud to be part of a government that focuses on the causes of crime, but I am also conscious that more needs to be done to keep our community safe. I look forward to hearing an update from the minister on how our government is responding to issues of community safety.