❓ Mr. Baker asks about the government's efforts to reduce motor vehicle theft. Mr. Prince responds by highlighting WA's success in reducing theft rates compared to other states, attributing it to immobiliser campaigns, targeted policing, and specific operations.
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Can the minister provide this House with a report concerning what the Government is doing to reduce motor vehicle theft in Western Australia? Mr PRINCE
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Last Friday, I went to Adelaide to attend a ministerial council on crime prevention, to which the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council reports. The National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council has not been formed for long; this was its second annual report. It was interesting to find that Western Australia has experienced a significant reduction in motor vehicle theft compared with virtually all the other States. I make the point from the figures I have just tabled for the September 2000 quarter that reported motor vehicle theft in this State has fallen 5.6 per cent for the September quarter compared with the same quarter last year. We have now had nine months of a decrease in motor vehicle theft since January 2000 this year, and the motor vehicle theft clearance rate in this State has risen from 19 per cent to 21.2 per cent in about the same period. However, despite that positive trend, obviously motor vehicle theft remains an important subject in the minds of most people. People are very concerned about it, and the perception of motor vehicle theft is higher than the reality. The 1999-2000 annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council reveals that, nationally, motor vehicle theft has increased 9 per cent. In this State, it has gone down 8.1 per cent. On a state and territory basis, increases were recorded in the Australian Capital Territory, which was up 24 per cent; Victoria, up 16 per cent; South Australia, up 15 per cent; and Queensland and New South Wales, up 9 per cent. Reductions were recorded in Western Australia, which was down 8 per cent; Northern Territory, down 6 per cent; and Tasmania, down 2 per cent. Those reductions are due largely to the immobiliser campaign and targeting known criminals. The council also states in its report - It is also well worth noting that although coming off the highest vehicle theft rate in the country, WA is the only state to have defied national trends with two successive years of declining theft rates. We also saw the strongest support for the compulsory fitting of immobilisers . . . coming from WA. We have been successful because of the immobiliser campaign; the look, lock and leave campaign; and targeted policing. In my three-minute statement, I mentioned Operation Carrier in the Joondalup area. That has also had a significant effect on motor vehicle theft in that area, which has gone down 12.7 per cent as a result of that operation. Members should be very proud of what has been achieved in this State by both the immobiliser program and the police. I am delighted to table the annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, and I recommend that members look through it. It contains a number of positive comments about what Western Australia has done to try to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle theft in this State. In comparison, all the Opposition has in its policy, which we got a while ago, is that in conjunction with the Department of Fair Trading it will develop a motor vehicle squad again. We are bringing down the theft rate; we are doing it consistently; we have done it for two years; and it is nationally acknowledged. I table the paper. [See paper No 471.]
Mr PRINCE replied: Last Friday, I went to Adelaide to attend a ministerial council on crime prevention, to which the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council reports. The National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council has not been formed for long; this was its second annual report. It was interesting to find that Western Australia has experienced a significant reduction in motor vehicle theft compared with virtually all the other States. I make the point from the figures I have just tabled for the September 2000 quarter that reported motor vehicle theft in this State has fallen 5.6 per cent for the September quarter compared with the same quarter last year. We have now had nine months of a decrease in motor vehicle theft since January 2000 this year, and the motor vehicle theft clearance rate in this State has risen from 19 per cent to 21.2 per cent in about the same period. However, despite that positive trend, obviously motor vehicle theft remains an important subject in the minds of most people. People are very concerned about it, and the perception of motor vehicle theft is higher than the reality. The 1999-2000 annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council reveals that, nationally, motor vehicle theft has increased 9 per cent. In this State, it has gone down 8.1 per cent. On a state and territory basis, increases were recorded in the Australian Capital Territory, which was up 24 per cent; Victoria, up 16 per cent; South Australia, up 15 per cent; and Queensland and New South Wales, up 9 per cent. Reductions were recorded in Western Australia, which was down 8 per cent; Northern Territory, down 6 per cent; and Tasmania, down 2 per cent. Those reductions are due largely to the immobiliser campaign and targeting known criminals. The council also states in its report - It is also well worth noting that although coming off the highest vehicle theft rate in the country, WA is the only state to have defied national trends with two successive years of declining theft rates. We also saw the strongest support for the compulsory fitting of immobilisers . . . coming from WA. We have been successful because of the immobiliser campaign; the look, lock and leave campaign; and targeted policing. In my three-minute statement, I mentioned Operation Carrier in the Joondalup area. That has also had a significant effect on motor vehicle theft in that area, which has gone down 12.7 per cent as a result of that operation. Members should be very proud of what has been achieved in this State by both the immobiliser program and the police. I am delighted to table the annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, and I recommend that members look through it. It contains a number of positive comments about what Western Australia has done to try to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle theft in this State. In comparison, all the Opposition has in its policy, which we got a while ago, is that in conjunction with the Department of Fair Trading it will develop a motor vehicle squad again. We are bringing down the theft rate; we are doing it consistently; we have done it for two years; and it is nationally acknowledged. I table the paper. [See paper No 471.]
Last Friday, I went to Adelaide to attend a ministerial council on crime prevention, to which the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council reports. The National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council has not been formed for long; this was its second annual report. It was interesting to find that Western Australia has experienced a significant reduction in motor vehicle theft compared with virtually all the other States. I make the point from the figures I have just tabled for the September 2000 quarter that reported motor vehicle theft in this State has fallen 5.6 per cent for the September quarter compared with the same quarter last year. We have now had nine months of a decrease in motor vehicle theft since January 2000 this year, and the motor vehicle theft clearance rate in this State has risen from 19 per cent to 21.2 per cent in about the same period. However, despite that positive trend, obviously motor vehicle theft remains an important subject in the minds of most people. People are very concerned about it, and the perception of motor vehicle theft is higher than the reality. The 1999-2000 annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council reveals that, nationally, motor vehicle theft has increased 9 per cent. In this State, it has gone down 8.1 per cent. On a state and territory basis, increases were recorded in the Australian Capital Territory, which was up 24 per cent; Victoria, up 16 per cent; South Australia, up 15 per cent; and Queensland and New South Wales, up 9 per cent. Reductions were recorded in Western Australia, which was down 8 per cent; Northern Territory, down 6 per cent; and Tasmania, down 2 per cent. Those reductions are due largely to the immobiliser campaign and targeting known criminals. The council also states in its report - It is also well worth noting that although coming off the highest vehicle theft rate in the country, WA is the only state to have defied national trends with two successive years of declining theft rates. We also saw the strongest support for the compulsory fitting of immobilisers . . . coming from WA. We have been successful because of the immobiliser campaign; the look, lock and leave campaign; and targeted policing. In my three-minute statement, I mentioned Operation Carrier in the Joondalup area. That has also had a significant effect on motor vehicle theft in that area, which has gone down 12.7 per cent as a result of that operation. Members should be very proud of what has been achieved in this State by both the immobiliser program and the police. I am delighted to table the annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, and I recommend that members look through it. It contains a number of positive comments about what Western Australia has done to try to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle theft in this State. In comparison, all the Opposition has in its policy, which we got a while ago, is that in conjunction with the Department of Fair Trading it will develop a motor vehicle squad again. We are bringing down the theft rate; we are doing it consistently; we have done it for two years; and it is nationally acknowledged. I table the paper. [See paper No 471.]
I make the point from the figures I have just tabled for the September 2000 quarter that reported motor vehicle theft in this State has fallen 5.6 per cent for the September quarter compared with the same quarter last year. We have now had nine months of a decrease in motor vehicle theft since January 2000 this year, and the motor vehicle theft clearance rate in this State has risen from 19 per cent to 21.2 per cent in about the same period. However, despite that positive trend, obviously motor vehicle theft remains an important subject in the minds of most people. People are very concerned about it, and the perception of motor vehicle theft is higher than the reality. The 1999-2000 annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council reveals that, nationally, motor vehicle theft has increased 9 per cent. In this State, it has gone down 8.1 per cent. On a state and territory basis, increases were recorded in the Australian Capital Territory, which was up 24 per cent; Victoria, up 16 per cent; South Australia, up 15 per cent; and Queensland and New South Wales, up 9 per cent. Reductions were recorded in Western Australia, which was down 8 per cent; Northern Territory, down 6 per cent; and Tasmania, down 2 per cent. Those reductions are due largely to the immobiliser campaign and targeting known criminals. The council also states in its report - It is also well worth noting that although coming off the highest vehicle theft rate in the country, WA is the only state to have defied national trends with two successive years of declining theft rates. We also saw the strongest support for the compulsory fitting of immobilisers . . . coming from WA. We have been successful because of the immobiliser campaign; the look, lock and leave campaign; and targeted policing. In my three-minute statement, I mentioned Operation Carrier in the Joondalup area. That has also had a significant effect on motor vehicle theft in that area, which has gone down 12.7 per cent as a result of that operation. Members should be very proud of what has been achieved in this State by both the immobiliser program and the police. I am delighted to table the annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, and I recommend that members look through it. It contains a number of positive comments about what Western Australia has done to try to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle theft in this State. In comparison, all the Opposition has in its policy, which we got a while ago, is that in conjunction with the Department of Fair Trading it will develop a motor vehicle squad again. We are bringing down the theft rate; we are doing it consistently; we have done it for two years; and it is nationally acknowledged. I table the paper. [See paper No 471.]
The 1999-2000 annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council reveals that, nationally, motor vehicle theft has increased 9 per cent. In this State, it has gone down 8.1 per cent. On a state and territory basis, increases were recorded in the Australian Capital Territory, which was up 24 per cent; Victoria, up 16 per cent; South Australia, up 15 per cent; and Queensland and New South Wales, up 9 per cent. Reductions were recorded in Western Australia, which was down 8 per cent; Northern Territory, down 6 per cent; and Tasmania, down 2 per cent. Those reductions are due largely to the immobiliser campaign and targeting known criminals. The council also states in its report - It is also well worth noting that although coming off the highest vehicle theft rate in the country, WA is the only state to have defied national trends with two successive years of declining theft rates. We also saw the strongest support for the compulsory fitting of immobilisers . . . coming from WA. We have been successful because of the immobiliser campaign; the look, lock and leave campaign; and targeted policing. In my three-minute statement, I mentioned Operation Carrier in the Joondalup area. That has also had a significant effect on motor vehicle theft in that area, which has gone down 12.7 per cent as a result of that operation. Members should be very proud of what has been achieved in this State by both the immobiliser program and the police. I am delighted to table the annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, and I recommend that members look through it. It contains a number of positive comments about what Western Australia has done to try to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle theft in this State. In comparison, all the Opposition has in its policy, which we got a while ago, is that in conjunction with the Department of Fair Trading it will develop a motor vehicle squad again. We are bringing down the theft rate; we are doing it consistently; we have done it for two years; and it is nationally acknowledged. I table the paper. [See paper No 471.]
In my three-minute statement, I mentioned Operation Carrier in the Joondalup area. That has also had a significant effect on motor vehicle theft in that area, which has gone down 12.7 per cent as a result of that operation. Members should be very proud of what has been achieved in this State by both the immobiliser program and the police. I am delighted to table the annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, and I recommend that members look through it. It contains a number of positive comments about what Western Australia has done to try to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle theft in this State. In comparison, all the Opposition has in its policy, which we got a while ago, is that in conjunction with the Department of Fair Trading it will develop a motor vehicle squad again. We are bringing down the theft rate; we are doing it consistently; we have done it for two years; and it is nationally acknowledged. I table the paper. [See paper No 471.]
Members should be very proud of what has been achieved in this State by both the immobiliser program and the police. I am delighted to table the annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, and I recommend that members look through it. It contains a number of positive comments about what Western Australia has done to try to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle theft in this State. In comparison, all the Opposition has in its policy, which we got a while ago, is that in conjunction with the Department of Fair Trading it will develop a motor vehicle squad again. We are bringing down the theft rate; we are doing it consistently; we have done it for two years; and it is nationally acknowledged. I table the paper. [See paper No 471.]
[See paper No 471.]
Mr PRINCE replied: Last Friday, I went to Adelaide to attend a ministerial council on crime prevention, to which the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council reports. The National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council has not been formed for long; this was its second annual report. It was interesting to find that Western Australia has experienced a significant reduction in motor vehicle theft compared with virtually all the other States. I make the point from the figures I have just tabled for the September 2000 quarter that reported motor vehicle theft in this State has fallen 5.6 per cent for the September quarter compared with the same quarter last year. We have now had nine months of a decrease in motor vehicle theft since January 2000 this year, and the motor vehicle theft clearance rate in this State has risen from 19 per cent to 21.2 per cent in about the same period. However, despite that positive trend, obviously motor vehicle theft remains an important subject in the minds of most people. People are very concerned about it, and the perception of motor vehicle theft is higher than the reality. The 1999-2000 annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council reveals that, nationally, motor vehicle theft has increased 9 per cent. In this State, it has gone down 8.1 per cent. On a state and territory basis, increases were recorded in the Australian Capital Territory, which was up 24 per cent; Victoria, up 16 per cent; South Australia, up 15 per cent; and Queensland and New South Wales, up 9 per cent. Reductions were recorded in Western Australia, which was down 8 per cent; Northern Territory, down 6 per cent; and Tasmania, down 2 per cent. Those reductions are due largely to the immobiliser campaign and targeting known criminals. The council also states in its report - It is also well worth noting that although coming off the highest vehicle theft rate in the country, WA is the only state to have defied national trends with two successive years of declining theft rates. We also saw the strongest support for the compulsory fitting of immobilisers . . . coming from WA. We have been successful because of the immobiliser campaign; the look, lock and leave campaign; and targeted policing. In my three-minute statement, I mentioned Operation Carrier in the Joondalup area. That has also had a significant effect on motor vehicle theft in that area, which has gone down 12.7 per cent as a result of that operation. Members should be very proud of what has been achieved in this State by both the immobiliser program and the police. I am delighted to table the annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, and I recommend that members look through it. It contains a number of positive comments about what Western Australia has done to try to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle theft in this State. In comparison, all the Opposition has in its policy, which we got a while ago, is that in conjunction with the Department of Fair Trading it will develop a motor vehicle squad again. We are bringing down the theft rate; we are doing it consistently; we have done it for two years; and it is nationally acknowledged. I table the paper. [See paper No 471.]
Last Friday, I went to Adelaide to attend a ministerial council on crime prevention, to which the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council reports. The National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council has not been formed for long; this was its second annual report. It was interesting to find that Western Australia has experienced a significant reduction in motor vehicle theft compared with virtually all the other States. I make the point from the figures I have just tabled for the September 2000 quarter that reported motor vehicle theft in this State has fallen 5.6 per cent for the September quarter compared with the same quarter last year. We have now had nine months of a decrease in motor vehicle theft since January 2000 this year, and the motor vehicle theft clearance rate in this State has risen from 19 per cent to 21.2 per cent in about the same period. However, despite that positive trend, obviously motor vehicle theft remains an important subject in the minds of most people. People are very concerned about it, and the perception of motor vehicle theft is higher than the reality. The 1999-2000 annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council reveals that, nationally, motor vehicle theft has increased 9 per cent. In this State, it has gone down 8.1 per cent. On a state and territory basis, increases were recorded in the Australian Capital Territory, which was up 24 per cent; Victoria, up 16 per cent; South Australia, up 15 per cent; and Queensland and New South Wales, up 9 per cent. Reductions were recorded in Western Australia, which was down 8 per cent; Northern Territory, down 6 per cent; and Tasmania, down 2 per cent. Those reductions are due largely to the immobiliser campaign and targeting known criminals. The council also states in its report - It is also well worth noting that although coming off the highest vehicle theft rate in the country, WA is the only state to have defied national trends with two successive years of declining theft rates. We also saw the strongest support for the compulsory fitting of immobilisers . . . coming from WA. We have been successful because of the immobiliser campaign; the look, lock and leave campaign; and targeted policing. In my three-minute statement, I mentioned Operation Carrier in the Joondalup area. That has also had a significant effect on motor vehicle theft in that area, which has gone down 12.7 per cent as a result of that operation. Members should be very proud of what has been achieved in this State by both the immobiliser program and the police. I am delighted to table the annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, and I recommend that members look through it. It contains a number of positive comments about what Western Australia has done to try to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle theft in this State. In comparison, all the Opposition has in its policy, which we got a while ago, is that in conjunction with the Department of Fair Trading it will develop a motor vehicle squad again. We are bringing down the theft rate; we are doing it consistently; we have done it for two years; and it is nationally acknowledged. I table the paper. [See paper No 471.]
I make the point from the figures I have just tabled for the September 2000 quarter that reported motor vehicle theft in this State has fallen 5.6 per cent for the September quarter compared with the same quarter last year. We have now had nine months of a decrease in motor vehicle theft since January 2000 this year, and the motor vehicle theft clearance rate in this State has risen from 19 per cent to 21.2 per cent in about the same period. However, despite that positive trend, obviously motor vehicle theft remains an important subject in the minds of most people. People are very concerned about it, and the perception of motor vehicle theft is higher than the reality. The 1999-2000 annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council reveals that, nationally, motor vehicle theft has increased 9 per cent. In this State, it has gone down 8.1 per cent. On a state and territory basis, increases were recorded in the Australian Capital Territory, which was up 24 per cent; Victoria, up 16 per cent; South Australia, up 15 per cent; and Queensland and New South Wales, up 9 per cent. Reductions were recorded in Western Australia, which was down 8 per cent; Northern Territory, down 6 per cent; and Tasmania, down 2 per cent. Those reductions are due largely to the immobiliser campaign and targeting known criminals. The council also states in its report - It is also well worth noting that although coming off the highest vehicle theft rate in the country, WA is the only state to have defied national trends with two successive years of declining theft rates. We also saw the strongest support for the compulsory fitting of immobilisers . . . coming from WA. We have been successful because of the immobiliser campaign; the look, lock and leave campaign; and targeted policing. In my three-minute statement, I mentioned Operation Carrier in the Joondalup area. That has also had a significant effect on motor vehicle theft in that area, which has gone down 12.7 per cent as a result of that operation. Members should be very proud of what has been achieved in this State by both the immobiliser program and the police. I am delighted to table the annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, and I recommend that members look through it. It contains a number of positive comments about what Western Australia has done to try to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle theft in this State. In comparison, all the Opposition has in its policy, which we got a while ago, is that in conjunction with the Department of Fair Trading it will develop a motor vehicle squad again. We are bringing down the theft rate; we are doing it consistently; we have done it for two years; and it is nationally acknowledged. I table the paper. [See paper No 471.]
The 1999-2000 annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council reveals that, nationally, motor vehicle theft has increased 9 per cent. In this State, it has gone down 8.1 per cent. On a state and territory basis, increases were recorded in the Australian Capital Territory, which was up 24 per cent; Victoria, up 16 per cent; South Australia, up 15 per cent; and Queensland and New South Wales, up 9 per cent. Reductions were recorded in Western Australia, which was down 8 per cent; Northern Territory, down 6 per cent; and Tasmania, down 2 per cent. Those reductions are due largely to the immobiliser campaign and targeting known criminals. The council also states in its report - It is also well worth noting that although coming off the highest vehicle theft rate in the country, WA is the only state to have defied national trends with two successive years of declining theft rates. We also saw the strongest support for the compulsory fitting of immobilisers . . . coming from WA. We have been successful because of the immobiliser campaign; the look, lock and leave campaign; and targeted policing. In my three-minute statement, I mentioned Operation Carrier in the Joondalup area. That has also had a significant effect on motor vehicle theft in that area, which has gone down 12.7 per cent as a result of that operation. Members should be very proud of what has been achieved in this State by both the immobiliser program and the police. I am delighted to table the annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, and I recommend that members look through it. It contains a number of positive comments about what Western Australia has done to try to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle theft in this State. In comparison, all the Opposition has in its policy, which we got a while ago, is that in conjunction with the Department of Fair Trading it will develop a motor vehicle squad again. We are bringing down the theft rate; we are doing it consistently; we have done it for two years; and it is nationally acknowledged. I table the paper. [See paper No 471.]
In my three-minute statement, I mentioned Operation Carrier in the Joondalup area. That has also had a significant effect on motor vehicle theft in that area, which has gone down 12.7 per cent as a result of that operation. Members should be very proud of what has been achieved in this State by both the immobiliser program and the police. I am delighted to table the annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, and I recommend that members look through it. It contains a number of positive comments about what Western Australia has done to try to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle theft in this State. In comparison, all the Opposition has in its policy, which we got a while ago, is that in conjunction with the Department of Fair Trading it will develop a motor vehicle squad again. We are bringing down the theft rate; we are doing it consistently; we have done it for two years; and it is nationally acknowledged. I table the paper. [See paper No 471.]
Members should be very proud of what has been achieved in this State by both the immobiliser program and the police. I am delighted to table the annual report of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, and I recommend that members look through it. It contains a number of positive comments about what Western Australia has done to try to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle theft in this State. In comparison, all the Opposition has in its policy, which we got a while ago, is that in conjunction with the Department of Fair Trading it will develop a motor vehicle squad again. We are bringing down the theft rate; we are doing it consistently; we have done it for two years; and it is nationally acknowledged. I table the paper. [See paper No 471.]
[See paper No 471.]
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