Jeff Kennett: Being soft on crime for 10 years has not produced a safer society
Victoria needs a very different approach to the leadership of our emergency services and the way the government treats offenders.
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Sadly, the politicisation among the leadership of our emergency services, and the wokishness that has followed, is one of the reasons why many trained good officers are leaving our police force.
Our Country Fire Authority has lost its autonomy, and the ambulance service is desperately falling behind in what is expected of it because of workforce issues.
Crime by young offenders is unacceptably high, with the government having failed to introduce any new measures to effectively deal with them, even a change of their own language.
The community feels there are no consequences for those who break the law. No penalty.
Victoria needs a very different approach to the leadership of our emergency services and the way the government treats offenders.
Being soft on crime for 10 years has not produced a safer society.
There are humane alternatives but the interests of the majority and those enforcing our laws must come first.
Jeff Kennett is a former Liberal premier of Victoria
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