Time to take crime seriously
Dear Editor,
The Nationals and Liberals in government will recruit an extra 3,000 police as new crime statistics show disproportionate levels of crime in Victoria’s regions.
Crime in Victoria has reached record levels under the Allan Labor Government with regional areas making up three of the top five recorded Local Government areas to have recorded offences.
Latrobe, Greater Shepparton and Northern Grampians all feature prominently among most crime-ravaged areas of the state.
Latrobe had 17,950.5 offences per 100,000 of its population, with only Melbourne ranking higher among all Local Government areas in the state.
Greater Shepparton had 14,737 offences per 100,000 people while Northern Grampians closely followed with 14,675.4 per 100,000 people – up a staggering 23.6 per cent from the same time last year.
Time and time again we are seeing regional Victoria rank highly in issues and rank lowly in funding and these latest statistics show the alarming prevalence of crime in these areas.
Meanwhile police stations are closing and manned hours continue to reduce while the government in its typical tone deaf manner pats itself on the back for it’s handling of crime in Victoria.
A Liberal-Nationals government will take crime seriously in this state, and along with 3,000 extra police, we will bring in tougher bail laws and a host of measures to give a fair share to regional Victoria.
Danny O’Brien MP
Leader of The Nationals, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services, Member for Gippsland South
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