Steve Bracks: Labor’s record investment for Victoria Police to keep state safe
The government has invested a record $4.5bn to make sure Victoria Police has what it needs to keep Victorians safe – hiring more than 3600 additional members.
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The government has invested a record $4.5bn to make sure Victoria Police has what
it needs to keep Victorians safe – hiring more than 3600 additional members.
It has funded the rollout of tasers, heavy duty equipment for the Public Order Response
Team and automatic number plate recognition for highway patrol members.
The government has strengthened bail laws, reformed the youth justice system and is giving police extra powers to crack down on knife crime and organised criminals.
It has also introduced Australia’s first historical forced adoptions scheme and placed a ban on Nazi symbols, the ability to change your gender on your birth certificate and put a ban on
Steve Bracks is a former Labor premier of Victoria
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