The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham,has backed The Nationals’ $100 million Safer Communities Plan.
The Safer Communities Plan will introduce tough new laws alongside targeted prevention programs to make a real difference in every community.
The plan builds on The Nationals’ Break Bail, Face Jail policy, ensuring offenders face real consequences. Key initiatives include:
• Jack’s Law for Victoria – giving police powers to conduct random searches in public areas to remove weapons such as machetes from our streets.
• Restart – a Victorian-first residential responsibility and discipline program for serious and repeat offenders.
• Youthstart – co-ordinated community-based interventions to help at-risk young people make better choices.
Ms Benham said the Allan Labor Government had cut youth crime prevention funding from nearly $13 million a year under the previous Liberal Nationals Government to just $541,000 annually over the past three years.
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