❓ A government minister refutes opposition claims of spiralling crime rates, presenting data showing stabilisation and highlighting government initiatives to reduce crime, particularly motor vehicle theft. The minister accuses the opposition of spreading misinformation and criticises their withdrawn crime prevention policy.
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Some notice of this question has been given. The Opposition continues to peddle the line that Western Australia has a spiralling crime rate and that the Government is doing nothing to stop it. Does the minister have any information to demonstrate that that is completely untrue and an opposition myth? Mr PRINCE
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It is true that the Opposition has for some time been peddling the line that we have a spiralling, out of control crime rate. I will table a graph - Dr Gallop: You showed us that last week. Mr PRINCE: That graph indicated the amount of money spent on policing; this graph demonstrates the incidence of crime. The red line indicates the crime rate while the Labor Party was in government from 1983 to 1992. The rate went from 7.6 crimes per 100 people to 13.34 per 100 people in 10 years. That is a 78 per cent increase in 10 years. While this Government has been in office, the rate has been almost static, in the sense that it has stabilised and plateaued. It is not good enough and it should be coming down. I table the graph. [See paper No 117.] Mr PRINCE: It is totally and completely wrong to say that the crime rate is spiralling out of control. It has dropped and it is stable. The statistics, which I have tabled and published regularly - the Labor Government never did that - show variations from place to place and district to district. That is generally the case and particularly in areas of overwhelming public concern. I give the example of motor theft, which the Labor Government did absolutely nothing about. This Government has achieved a significant drop in the number of car thefts in this State through the installation of immobilisers, which initially was voluntary but now is compulsory, and the targeting of known car thieves. That is dependent upon the cooperation of the people, Safer WA, and a lot of information and intelligence. The result is that the Government is slowly turning the situation around. In other areas a great deal of effort has been made and that is having an effect. The Labor Party has released a crime prevention policy, which I note has now been withdrawn from the Internet, and it is good that it proposes to have one. That policy refers to an improvement in policing strategies. This Government has done that, and has been doing it over the past five years. The policy refers to better partnerships with local communities. The Opposition should get on board with Safer WA; it works. The policy states that a Labor Government will address social and economic risks. That has been done across portfolios from Education to Health, Family and Children's Services and Police. Reference is made to a drug strategy. The Opposition does not have a drug strategy. This Government has had a drug action plan for five years and it is working. Members opposite should get on board, instead of behaving like Joseph Goebbels who said 70 years ago that if people repeat the lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth. It does not. It never becomes the truth. The Opposition’s statements are not true, and they create an incorrect perception. Members opposite should get onto the bandwagon of telling the truth.
Mr PRINCE replied: It is true that the Opposition has for some time been peddling the line that we have a spiralling, out of control crime rate. I will table a graph - Dr Gallop: You showed us that last week. Mr PRINCE: That graph indicated the amount of money spent on policing; this graph demonstrates the incidence of crime. The red line indicates the crime rate while the Labor Party was in government from 1983 to 1992. The rate went from 7.6 crimes per 100 people to 13.34 per 100 people in 10 years. That is a 78 per cent increase in 10 years. While this Government has been in office, the rate has been almost static, in the sense that it has stabilised and plateaued. It is not good enough and it should be coming down. I table the graph. [See paper No 117.] Mr PRINCE: It is totally and completely wrong to say that the crime rate is spiralling out of control. It has dropped and it is stable. The statistics, which I have tabled and published regularly - the Labor Government never did that - show variations from place to place and district to district. That is generally the case and particularly in areas of overwhelming public concern. I give the example of motor theft, which the Labor Government did absolutely nothing about. This Government has achieved a significant drop in the number of car thefts in this State through the installation of immobilisers, which initially was voluntary but now is compulsory, and the targeting of known car thieves. That is dependent upon the cooperation of the people, Safer WA, and a lot of information and intelligence. The result is that the Government is slowly turning the situation around. In other areas a great deal of effort has been made and that is having an effect. The Labor Party has released a crime prevention policy, which I note has now been withdrawn from the Internet, and it is good that it proposes to have one. That policy refers to an improvement in policing strategies. This Government has done that, and has been doing it over the past five years. The policy refers to better partnerships with local communities. The Opposition should get on board with Safer WA; it works. The policy states that a Labor Government will address social and economic risks. That has been done across portfolios from Education to Health, Family and Children's Services and Police. Reference is made to a drug strategy. The Opposition does not have a drug strategy. This Government has had a drug action plan for five years and it is working. Members opposite should get on board, instead of behaving like Joseph Goebbels who said 70 years ago that if people repeat the lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth. It does not. It never becomes the truth. The Opposition’s statements are not true, and they create an incorrect perception. Members opposite should get onto the bandwagon of telling the truth.
It is true that the Opposition has for some time been peddling the line that we have a spiralling, out of control crime rate. I will table a graph - Dr Gallop: You showed us that last week. Mr PRINCE: That graph indicated the amount of money spent on policing; this graph demonstrates the incidence of crime. The red line indicates the crime rate while the Labor Party was in government from 1983 to 1992. The rate went from 7.6 crimes per 100 people to 13.34 per 100 people in 10 years. That is a 78 per cent increase in 10 years. While this Government has been in office, the rate has been almost static, in the sense that it has stabilised and plateaued. It is not good enough and it should be coming down. I table the graph. [See paper No 117.] Mr PRINCE: It is totally and completely wrong to say that the crime rate is spiralling out of control. It has dropped and it is stable. The statistics, which I have tabled and published regularly - the Labor Government never did that - show variations from place to place and district to district. That is generally the case and particularly in areas of overwhelming public concern. I give the example of motor theft, which the Labor Government did absolutely nothing about. This Government has achieved a significant drop in the number of car thefts in this State through the installation of immobilisers, which initially was voluntary but now is compulsory, and the targeting of known car thieves. That is dependent upon the cooperation of the people, Safer WA, and a lot of information and intelligence. The result is that the Government is slowly turning the situation around. In other areas a great deal of effort has been made and that is having an effect. The Labor Party has released a crime prevention policy, which I note has now been withdrawn from the Internet, and it is good that it proposes to have one. That policy refers to an improvement in policing strategies. This Government has done that, and has been doing it over the past five years. The policy refers to better partnerships with local communities. The Opposition should get on board with Safer WA; it works. The policy states that a Labor Government will address social and economic risks. That has been done across portfolios from Education to Health, Family and Children's Services and Police. Reference is made to a drug strategy. The Opposition does not have a drug strategy. This Government has had a drug action plan for five years and it is working. Members opposite should get on board, instead of behaving like Joseph Goebbels who said 70 years ago that if people repeat the lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth. It does not. It never becomes the truth. The Opposition’s statements are not true, and they create an incorrect perception. Members opposite should get onto the bandwagon of telling the truth.
Dr Gallop: You showed us that last week. Mr PRINCE: That graph indicated the amount of money spent on policing; this graph demonstrates the incidence of crime. The red line indicates the crime rate while the Labor Party was in government from 1983 to 1992. The rate went from 7.6 crimes per 100 people to 13.34 per 100 people in 10 years. That is a 78 per cent increase in 10 years. While this Government has been in office, the rate has been almost static, in the sense that it has stabilised and plateaued. It is not good enough and it should be coming down. I table the graph. [See paper No 117.] Mr PRINCE: It is totally and completely wrong to say that the crime rate is spiralling out of control. It has dropped and it is stable. The statistics, which I have tabled and published regularly - the Labor Government never did that - show variations from place to place and district to district. That is generally the case and particularly in areas of overwhelming public concern. I give the example of motor theft, which the Labor Government did absolutely nothing about. This Government has achieved a significant drop in the number of car thefts in this State through the installation of immobilisers, which initially was voluntary but now is compulsory, and the targeting of known car thieves. That is dependent upon the cooperation of the people, Safer WA, and a lot of information and intelligence. The result is that the Government is slowly turning the situation around. In other areas a great deal of effort has been made and that is having an effect. The Labor Party has released a crime prevention policy, which I note has now been withdrawn from the Internet, and it is good that it proposes to have one. That policy refers to an improvement in policing strategies. This Government has done that, and has been doing it over the past five years. The policy refers to better partnerships with local communities. The Opposition should get on board with Safer WA; it works. The policy states that a Labor Government will address social and economic risks. That has been done across portfolios from Education to Health, Family and Children's Services and Police. Reference is made to a drug strategy. The Opposition does not have a drug strategy. This Government has had a drug action plan for five years and it is working. Members opposite should get on board, instead of behaving like Joseph Goebbels who said 70 years ago that if people repeat the lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth. It does not. It never becomes the truth. The Opposition’s statements are not true, and they create an incorrect perception. Members opposite should get onto the bandwagon of telling the truth.
Mr PRINCE: That graph indicated the amount of money spent on policing; this graph demonstrates the incidence of crime. The red line indicates the crime rate while the Labor Party was in government from 1983 to 1992. The rate went from 7.6 crimes per 100 people to 13.34 per 100 people in 10 years. That is a 78 per cent increase in 10 years. While this Government has been in office, the rate has been almost static, in the sense that it has stabilised and plateaued. It is not good enough and it should be coming down. I table the graph. [See paper No 117.] Mr PRINCE: It is totally and completely wrong to say that the crime rate is spiralling out of control. It has dropped and it is stable. The statistics, which I have tabled and published regularly - the Labor Government never did that - show variations from place to place and district to district. That is generally the case and particularly in areas of overwhelming public concern. I give the example of motor theft, which the Labor Government did absolutely nothing about. This Government has achieved a significant drop in the number of car thefts in this State through the installation of immobilisers, which initially was voluntary but now is compulsory, and the targeting of known car thieves. That is dependent upon the cooperation of the people, Safer WA, and a lot of information and intelligence. The result is that the Government is slowly turning the situation around. In other areas a great deal of effort has been made and that is having an effect. The Labor Party has released a crime prevention policy, which I note has now been withdrawn from the Internet, and it is good that it proposes to have one. That policy refers to an improvement in policing strategies. This Government has done that, and has been doing it over the past five years. The policy refers to better partnerships with local communities. The Opposition should get on board with Safer WA; it works. The policy states that a Labor Government will address social and economic risks. That has been done across portfolios from Education to Health, Family and Children's Services and Police. Reference is made to a drug strategy. The Opposition does not have a drug strategy. This Government has had a drug action plan for five years and it is working. Members opposite should get on board, instead of behaving like Joseph Goebbels who said 70 years ago that if people repeat the lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth. It does not. It never becomes the truth. The Opposition’s statements are not true, and they create an incorrect perception. Members opposite should get onto the bandwagon of telling the truth.
[See paper No 117.] Mr PRINCE: It is totally and completely wrong to say that the crime rate is spiralling out of control. It has dropped and it is stable. The statistics, which I have tabled and published regularly - the Labor Government never did that - show variations from place to place and district to district. That is generally the case and particularly in areas of overwhelming public concern. I give the example of motor theft, which the Labor Government did absolutely nothing about. This Government has achieved a significant drop in the number of car thefts in this State through the installation of immobilisers, which initially was voluntary but now is compulsory, and the targeting of known car thieves. That is dependent upon the cooperation of the people, Safer WA, and a lot of information and intelligence. The result is that the Government is slowly turning the situation around. In other areas a great deal of effort has been made and that is having an effect. The Labor Party has released a crime prevention policy, which I note has now been withdrawn from the Internet, and it is good that it proposes to have one. That policy refers to an improvement in policing strategies. This Government has done that, and has been doing it over the past five years. The policy refers to better partnerships with local communities. The Opposition should get on board with Safer WA; it works. The policy states that a Labor Government will address social and economic risks. That has been done across portfolios from Education to Health, Family and Children's Services and Police. Reference is made to a drug strategy. The Opposition does not have a drug strategy. This Government has had a drug action plan for five years and it is working. Members opposite should get on board, instead of behaving like Joseph Goebbels who said 70 years ago that if people repeat the lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth. It does not. It never becomes the truth. The Opposition’s statements are not true, and they create an incorrect perception. Members opposite should get onto the bandwagon of telling the truth.
Mr PRINCE: It is totally and completely wrong to say that the crime rate is spiralling out of control. It has dropped and it is stable. The statistics, which I have tabled and published regularly - the Labor Government never did that - show variations from place to place and district to district. That is generally the case and particularly in areas of overwhelming public concern. I give the example of motor theft, which the Labor Government did absolutely nothing about. This Government has achieved a significant drop in the number of car thefts in this State through the installation of immobilisers, which initially was voluntary but now is compulsory, and the targeting of known car thieves. That is dependent upon the cooperation of the people, Safer WA, and a lot of information and intelligence. The result is that the Government is slowly turning the situation around. In other areas a great deal of effort has been made and that is having an effect. The Labor Party has released a crime prevention policy, which I note has now been withdrawn from the Internet, and it is good that it proposes to have one. That policy refers to an improvement in policing strategies. This Government has done that, and has been doing it over the past five years. The policy refers to better partnerships with local communities. The Opposition should get on board with Safer WA; it works. The policy states that a Labor Government will address social and economic risks. That has been done across portfolios from Education to Health, Family and Children's Services and Police. Reference is made to a drug strategy. The Opposition does not have a drug strategy. This Government has had a drug action plan for five years and it is working. Members opposite should get on board, instead of behaving like Joseph Goebbels who said 70 years ago that if people repeat the lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth. It does not. It never becomes the truth. The Opposition’s statements are not true, and they create an incorrect perception. Members opposite should get onto the bandwagon of telling the truth.
The Labor Party has released a crime prevention policy, which I note has now been withdrawn from the Internet, and it is good that it proposes to have one. That policy refers to an improvement in policing strategies. This Government has done that, and has been doing it over the past five years. The policy refers to better partnerships with local communities. The Opposition should get on board with Safer WA; it works. The policy states that a Labor Government will address social and economic risks. That has been done across portfolios from Education to Health, Family and Children's Services and Police. Reference is made to a drug strategy. The Opposition does not have a drug strategy. This Government has had a drug action plan for five years and it is working. Members opposite should get on board, instead of behaving like Joseph Goebbels who said 70 years ago that if people repeat the lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth. It does not. It never becomes the truth. The Opposition’s statements are not true, and they create an incorrect perception. Members opposite should get onto the bandwagon of telling the truth.
Mr PRINCE replied: It is true that the Opposition has for some time been peddling the line that we have a spiralling, out of control crime rate. I will table a graph - Dr Gallop: You showed us that last week. Mr PRINCE: That graph indicated the amount of money spent on policing; this graph demonstrates the incidence of crime. The red line indicates the crime rate while the Labor Party was in government from 1983 to 1992. The rate went from 7.6 crimes per 100 people to 13.34 per 100 people in 10 years. That is a 78 per cent increase in 10 years. While this Government has been in office, the rate has been almost static, in the sense that it has stabilised and plateaued. It is not good enough and it should be coming down. I table the graph. [See paper No 117.] Mr PRINCE: It is totally and completely wrong to say that the crime rate is spiralling out of control. It has dropped and it is stable. The statistics, which I have tabled and published regularly - the Labor Government never did that - show variations from place to place and district to district. That is generally the case and particularly in areas of overwhelming public concern. I give the example of motor theft, which the Labor Government did absolutely nothing about. This Government has achieved a significant drop in the number of car thefts in this State through the installation of immobilisers, which initially was voluntary but now is compulsory, and the targeting of known car thieves. That is dependent upon the cooperation of the people, Safer WA, and a lot of information and intelligence. The result is that the Government is slowly turning the situation around. In other areas a great deal of effort has been made and that is having an effect. The Labor Party has released a crime prevention policy, which I note has now been withdrawn from the Internet, and it is good that it proposes to have one. That policy refers to an improvement in policing strategies. This Government has done that, and has been doing it over the past five years. The policy refers to better partnerships with local communities. The Opposition should get on board with Safer WA; it works. The policy states that a Labor Government will address social and economic risks. That has been done across portfolios from Education to Health, Family and Children's Services and Police. Reference is made to a drug strategy. The Opposition does not have a drug strategy. This Government has had a drug action plan for five years and it is working. Members opposite should get on board, instead of behaving like Joseph Goebbels who said 70 years ago that if people repeat the lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth. It does not. It never becomes the truth. The Opposition’s statements are not true, and they create an incorrect perception. Members opposite should get onto the bandwagon of telling the truth.
It is true that the Opposition has for some time been peddling the line that we have a spiralling, out of control crime rate. I will table a graph - Dr Gallop: You showed us that last week. Mr PRINCE: That graph indicated the amount of money spent on policing; this graph demonstrates the incidence of crime. The red line indicates the crime rate while the Labor Party was in government from 1983 to 1992. The rate went from 7.6 crimes per 100 people to 13.34 per 100 people in 10 years. That is a 78 per cent increase in 10 years. While this Government has been in office, the rate has been almost static, in the sense that it has stabilised and plateaued. It is not good enough and it should be coming down. I table the graph. [See paper No 117.] Mr PRINCE: It is totally and completely wrong to say that the crime rate is spiralling out of control. It has dropped and it is stable. The statistics, which I have tabled and published regularly - the Labor Government never did that - show variations from place to place and district to district. That is generally the case and particularly in areas of overwhelming public concern. I give the example of motor theft, which the Labor Government did absolutely nothing about. This Government has achieved a significant drop in the number of car thefts in this State through the installation of immobilisers, which initially was voluntary but now is compulsory, and the targeting of known car thieves. That is dependent upon the cooperation of the people, Safer WA, and a lot of information and intelligence. The result is that the Government is slowly turning the situation around. In other areas a great deal of effort has been made and that is having an effect. The Labor Party has released a crime prevention policy, which I note has now been withdrawn from the Internet, and it is good that it proposes to have one. That policy refers to an improvement in policing strategies. This Government has done that, and has been doing it over the past five years. The policy refers to better partnerships with local communities. The Opposition should get on board with Safer WA; it works. The policy states that a Labor Government will address social and economic risks. That has been done across portfolios from Education to Health, Family and Children's Services and Police. Reference is made to a drug strategy. The Opposition does not have a drug strategy. This Government has had a drug action plan for five years and it is working. Members opposite should get on board, instead of behaving like Joseph Goebbels who said 70 years ago that if people repeat the lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth. It does not. It never becomes the truth. The Opposition’s statements are not true, and they create an incorrect perception. Members opposite should get onto the bandwagon of telling the truth.
Dr Gallop: You showed us that last week. Mr PRINCE: That graph indicated the amount of money spent on policing; this graph demonstrates the incidence of crime. The red line indicates the crime rate while the Labor Party was in government from 1983 to 1992. The rate went from 7.6 crimes per 100 people to 13.34 per 100 people in 10 years. That is a 78 per cent increase in 10 years. While this Government has been in office, the rate has been almost static, in the sense that it has stabilised and plateaued. It is not good enough and it should be coming down. I table the graph. [See paper No 117.] Mr PRINCE: It is totally and completely wrong to say that the crime rate is spiralling out of control. It has dropped and it is stable. The statistics, which I have tabled and published regularly - the Labor Government never did that - show variations from place to place and district to district. That is generally the case and particularly in areas of overwhelming public concern. I give the example of motor theft, which the Labor Government did absolutely nothing about. This Government has achieved a significant drop in the number of car thefts in this State through the installation of immobilisers, which initially was voluntary but now is compulsory, and the targeting of known car thieves. That is dependent upon the cooperation of the people, Safer WA, and a lot of information and intelligence. The result is that the Government is slowly turning the situation around. In other areas a great deal of effort has been made and that is having an effect. The Labor Party has released a crime prevention policy, which I note has now been withdrawn from the Internet, and it is good that it proposes to have one. That policy refers to an improvement in policing strategies. This Government has done that, and has been doing it over the past five years. The policy refers to better partnerships with local communities. The Opposition should get on board with Safer WA; it works. The policy states that a Labor Government will address social and economic risks. That has been done across portfolios from Education to Health, Family and Children's Services and Police. Reference is made to a drug strategy. The Opposition does not have a drug strategy. This Government has had a drug action plan for five years and it is working. Members opposite should get on board, instead of behaving like Joseph Goebbels who said 70 years ago that if people repeat the lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth. It does not. It never becomes the truth. The Opposition’s statements are not true, and they create an incorrect perception. Members opposite should get onto the bandwagon of telling the truth.
Mr PRINCE: That graph indicated the amount of money spent on policing; this graph demonstrates the incidence of crime. The red line indicates the crime rate while the Labor Party was in government from 1983 to 1992. The rate went from 7.6 crimes per 100 people to 13.34 per 100 people in 10 years. That is a 78 per cent increase in 10 years. While this Government has been in office, the rate has been almost static, in the sense that it has stabilised and plateaued. It is not good enough and it should be coming down. I table the graph. [See paper No 117.] Mr PRINCE: It is totally and completely wrong to say that the crime rate is spiralling out of control. It has dropped and it is stable. The statistics, which I have tabled and published regularly - the Labor Government never did that - show variations from place to place and district to district. That is generally the case and particularly in areas of overwhelming public concern. I give the example of motor theft, which the Labor Government did absolutely nothing about. This Government has achieved a significant drop in the number of car thefts in this State through the installation of immobilisers, which initially was voluntary but now is compulsory, and the targeting of known car thieves. That is dependent upon the cooperation of the people, Safer WA, and a lot of information and intelligence. The result is that the Government is slowly turning the situation around. In other areas a great deal of effort has been made and that is having an effect. The Labor Party has released a crime prevention policy, which I note has now been withdrawn from the Internet, and it is good that it proposes to have one. That policy refers to an improvement in policing strategies. This Government has done that, and has been doing it over the past five years. The policy refers to better partnerships with local communities. The Opposition should get on board with Safer WA; it works. The policy states that a Labor Government will address social and economic risks. That has been done across portfolios from Education to Health, Family and Children's Services and Police. Reference is made to a drug strategy. The Opposition does not have a drug strategy. This Government has had a drug action plan for five years and it is working. Members opposite should get on board, instead of behaving like Joseph Goebbels who said 70 years ago that if people repeat the lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth. It does not. It never becomes the truth. The Opposition’s statements are not true, and they create an incorrect perception. Members opposite should get onto the bandwagon of telling the truth.
[See paper No 117.] Mr PRINCE: It is totally and completely wrong to say that the crime rate is spiralling out of control. It has dropped and it is stable. The statistics, which I have tabled and published regularly - the Labor Government never did that - show variations from place to place and district to district. That is generally the case and particularly in areas of overwhelming public concern. I give the example of motor theft, which the Labor Government did absolutely nothing about. This Government has achieved a significant drop in the number of car thefts in this State through the installation of immobilisers, which initially was voluntary but now is compulsory, and the targeting of known car thieves. That is dependent upon the cooperation of the people, Safer WA, and a lot of information and intelligence. The result is that the Government is slowly turning the situation around. In other areas a great deal of effort has been made and that is having an effect. The Labor Party has released a crime prevention policy, which I note has now been withdrawn from the Internet, and it is good that it proposes to have one. That policy refers to an improvement in policing strategies. This Government has done that, and has been doing it over the past five years. The policy refers to better partnerships with local communities. The Opposition should get on board with Safer WA; it works. The policy states that a Labor Government will address social and economic risks. That has been done across portfolios from Education to Health, Family and Children's Services and Police. Reference is made to a drug strategy. The Opposition does not have a drug strategy. This Government has had a drug action plan for five years and it is working. Members opposite should get on board, instead of behaving like Joseph Goebbels who said 70 years ago that if people repeat the lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth. It does not. It never becomes the truth. The Opposition’s statements are not true, and they create an incorrect perception. Members opposite should get onto the bandwagon of telling the truth.
Mr PRINCE: It is totally and completely wrong to say that the crime rate is spiralling out of control. It has dropped and it is stable. The statistics, which I have tabled and published regularly - the Labor Government never did that - show variations from place to place and district to district. That is generally the case and particularly in areas of overwhelming public concern. I give the example of motor theft, which the Labor Government did absolutely nothing about. This Government has achieved a significant drop in the number of car thefts in this State through the installation of immobilisers, which initially was voluntary but now is compulsory, and the targeting of known car thieves. That is dependent upon the cooperation of the people, Safer WA, and a lot of information and intelligence. The result is that the Government is slowly turning the situation around. In other areas a great deal of effort has been made and that is having an effect. The Labor Party has released a crime prevention policy, which I note has now been withdrawn from the Internet, and it is good that it proposes to have one. That policy refers to an improvement in policing strategies. This Government has done that, and has been doing it over the past five years. The policy refers to better partnerships with local communities. The Opposition should get on board with Safer WA; it works. The policy states that a Labor Government will address social and economic risks. That has been done across portfolios from Education to Health, Family and Children's Services and Police. Reference is made to a drug strategy. The Opposition does not have a drug strategy. This Government has had a drug action plan for five years and it is working. Members opposite should get on board, instead of behaving like Joseph Goebbels who said 70 years ago that if people repeat the lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth. It does not. It never becomes the truth. The Opposition’s statements are not true, and they create an incorrect perception. Members opposite should get onto the bandwagon of telling the truth.
The Labor Party has released a crime prevention policy, which I note has now been withdrawn from the Internet, and it is good that it proposes to have one. That policy refers to an improvement in policing strategies. This Government has done that, and has been doing it over the past five years. The policy refers to better partnerships with local communities. The Opposition should get on board with Safer WA; it works. The policy states that a Labor Government will address social and economic risks. That has been done across portfolios from Education to Health, Family and Children's Services and Police. Reference is made to a drug strategy. The Opposition does not have a drug strategy. This Government has had a drug action plan for five years and it is working. Members opposite should get on board, instead of behaving like Joseph Goebbels who said 70 years ago that if people repeat the lie a thousand times, it becomes the truth. It does not. It never becomes the truth. The Opposition’s statements are not true, and they create an incorrect perception. Members opposite should get onto the bandwagon of telling the truth.
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