Wednesday, 30 October 2024

 Evan MULHOLLAND (Northern Metropolitan) (12:52): (1194) My constituency question is to the Minister for Police, and my question is about crime in the Northern Metro Region. My community is suffering from a crime crisis under this decade-old Labor government. The latest crime data shows motor vehicle theft is up nearly a third in the City of Hume with more than two cars stolen every day, and criminal incidents overall are up more than 12 per cent. As we are planning for more growth, community safety becomes even more important. Over 600 people have signed my open letter calling on the government to do the right thing and build a police station in the Mickleham, Kalkallo and Donnybrook area, and last weekend I held a crime forum in Mickleham with my friend the Shadow Minister for Police Brad Battin to, valuably, hear from locals firsthand about their concerns about community safety. I ask the minister: what is he going to do about the crime crisis, and when will he be getting on and committing to the police station my community in the north so desperately needs?