Each and every Victorian citizen, all visitors and business owners are Victims of crime.

Each and every citizen deserves and should demand that they live and work in safety and freedom with respect and without fear.

Each and every person in our communities deserves and should demand that the Government provide for that safety through prompt, efficient, effective, equitable and fair enforcement and justice.

Victoria is experiencing a crime wave, a tsunami and a plague of social breakdown, why?

We, the ordinary citizens, the workers, the families, people of all ages and all backgrounds, you and I, are confronted with murders, horrendous assaults, home invasions and car thefts. Our shopping centres are no longer safe places.  The murders of police officers bravely going about their duty, slain in the most violent of ways.  Young kids were hacked to death, and infants were sexually abused.

People addicted to dangerous illegal drugs with unknown long-term mental health issues and a continuing reliance on crime and welfare. We are the true victims.

What is the Government doing?  Where is the Opposition’s grand plan?

Where are the crime prevention strategies of the Government? They are certainly not preventing crime through consequences.

Where are the consequences for the offenders, and where are the prevention strategies?

The consequences for all of us are the huge increases in insurance premiums, the fear, and the additional cost of security and safety. Have a look at your car and home insurance, and have a look at the emergency services TAX.

Do you get that anxious, frightened feeling either at home or when leaving home, or just parking your car and dropping off the kids?

Where is the advertising campaign against crime? Where are the educational campaigns highlighting the damage that drugs do?

Exceeding the speed limit by 5 km/h results in an immediate fine. However, these so-called safety cameras only detect speeders and don’t alert police to stolen cars on our roads until we, the victims, receive the fine.

We all know the impact of having our car stolen and then getting speeding fines a couple of weeks later.  What a missed opportunity.

How much more is your insurance? How much are you spending on security? How much more are you paying for everyday items because our shops employ security guards against marauding gangs of youths who know there are no consequences for stealing?

How much more are you paying for the alarm, the CCTV, the car lock, the big dog and the baseball bat?

How much are you paying for the medication, the treatment? How are your kids dealing with this?

How many burnt-out shops do you see in your local area, the shops that were once the life of small business owners and families, rammed and set fire to, and the consequences of death to innocent people?  Driving past a burnt-out shop that was, once a tobacco, vape and convenience store, now a burnt-out shell, but also the medical centre, the chemist and other neighbouring businesses next door also burnt out.

Or is that acceptable collateral damage? Organised crime is rampant in this State, and while the police do everything they can to bring the perpetrators to justice, what efforts are being made to prevent this crime?

Our inner city, our railways, and roadsides are awash with graffiti and rubbish, often offensive to communities.  Our once delightful communities ruined, who pays? We do.

How often do you see victims get compensation, while the offenders get free legal aid? If the Government is the victim, the fines are huge and large business establishments pay,  then we pay again. [6. Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal (VOCAT), Annual Report, 2022.]

Gang and other attacks are all too common. Who pays for the injuries or sees the ambulances, emergency departments, and police stretched or overwhelmed by this tsunami of crime, and a Government doing nothing tangible or effective?

What is the Judiciary doing? Because they are a significant part of the problem, they need to be held to account, no more jobs for life, no more Government appointments,  let the community select those with so much power, no more legal garbage,  the truth and not just the proof,  put the victim first.

It is often argued that putting people in jail creates more criminals; Hello, aren’t they already criminals?

It is the Government’s duty to ensure that we are protected and that offenders are rehabilitated, preventing them from reoffending.  Jail isn’t the total solution, but it is certainly part of it.   Remember the Office of Corrections. What have they corrected? Perhaps their executives should be employed on a performance-based basis.

Why is this happening? Is multiculturalism an issue?,  There is a plethora of unreported crime. Are you afraid of opening anything on your computer for fear of scammers?

These people are the lowest of the low, absolute trash. They are home invaders, thieves and deceptive scum.  Targeting the elderly, the vulnerable, and our kids.   We are pushed to go online for services, and then we’re constantly warned about thieves and lowlifes.
Perhaps the companies and authorities pushing us to use online services for their convenience should be accountable for losses incurred, and then watch the security ramp up very rapidly.

People are now isolated and in fear, especially the elderly, often getting calls on their mobiles and often being tricked, conned, deceived and robbed.

Well, at least the politicians got a pay increase, and some will be retiring on huge pensions, indexed for life.

CRIME PAYS.  YES, YOU PAY and pay and pay

Jail costs money, rehabilitation costs money, and deportation costs money, but the consequences might be a safer, fairer, and better Community, State, and Country.