❓ Question addresses community safety in Bunbury, focusing on government initiatives like CCTV, TADIS Lites, and stop-and-search legislation. The Minister's answer details funding and implementation of these measures, highlighting a commitment to addressing violent crime.
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BUNBURY — COMMUNITY SAFETY
I must say that it is lovely to be in Bunbury and the south west. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : I am proud to be a member of a government that is committed to community safety and security in all areas of Western Australia. Can the — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Mount Lawley. Members to my left, if you want further questions you are not going about it the right way. We have only half an hour; that is absolutely it. I suggest no more interjections if you want questions asked. Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : Can the minister please inform the house of the Liberal-National government’s latest initiatives to improve community safety in Bunbury? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
I must say that it is lovely to be in Bunbury and the south west. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : I am proud to be a member of a government that is committed to community safety and security in all areas of Western Australia. Can the — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Mount Lawley. Members to my left, if you want further questions you are not going about it the right way. We have only half an hour; that is absolutely it. I suggest no more interjections if you want questions asked. Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : Can the minister please inform the house of the Liberal-National government’s latest initiatives to improve community safety in Bunbury? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
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I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : I am proud to be a member of a government that is committed to community safety and security in all areas of Western Australia. Can the — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Mount Lawley. Members to my left, if you want further questions you are not going about it the right way. We have only half an hour; that is absolutely it. I suggest no more interjections if you want questions asked. Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : Can the minister please inform the house of the Liberal-National government’s latest initiatives to improve community safety in Bunbury? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : I am proud to be a member of a government that is committed to community safety and security in all areas of Western Australia. Can the — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Mount Lawley. Members to my left, if you want further questions you are not going about it the right way. We have only half an hour; that is absolutely it. I suggest no more interjections if you want questions asked. Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : Can the minister please inform the house of the Liberal-National government’s latest initiatives to improve community safety in Bunbury? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : I am proud to be a member of a government that is committed to community safety and security in all areas of Western Australia. Can the — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Mount Lawley. Members to my left, if you want further questions you are not going about it the right way. We have only half an hour; that is absolutely it. I suggest no more interjections if you want questions asked. Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : Can the minister please inform the house of the Liberal-National government’s latest initiatives to improve community safety in Bunbury? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Mount Lawley. Members to my left, if you want further questions you are not going about it the right way. We have only half an hour; that is absolutely it. I suggest no more interjections if you want questions asked. Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : Can the minister please inform the house of the Liberal-National government’s latest initiatives to improve community safety in Bunbury? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Mount Lawley. Members to my left, if you want further questions you are not going about it the right way. We have only half an hour; that is absolutely it. I suggest no more interjections if you want questions asked. Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : Can the minister please inform the house of the Liberal-National government’s latest initiatives to improve community safety in Bunbury? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : Can the minister please inform the house of the Liberal-National government’s latest initiatives to improve community safety in Bunbury? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : I am proud to be a member of a government that is committed to community safety and security in all areas of Western Australia. Can the — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Mount Lawley. Members to my left, if you want further questions you are not going about it the right way. We have only half an hour; that is absolutely it. I suggest no more interjections if you want questions asked. Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : Can the minister please inform the house of the Liberal-National government’s latest initiatives to improve community safety in Bunbury? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : I am proud to be a member of a government that is committed to community safety and security in all areas of Western Australia. Can the — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Mount Lawley. Members to my left, if you want further questions you are not going about it the right way. We have only half an hour; that is absolutely it. I suggest no more interjections if you want questions asked. Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : Can the minister please inform the house of the Liberal-National government’s latest initiatives to improve community safety in Bunbury? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : I am proud to be a member of a government that is committed to community safety and security in all areas of Western Australia. Can the — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Mount Lawley. Members to my left, if you want further questions you are not going about it the right way. We have only half an hour; that is absolutely it. I suggest no more interjections if you want questions asked. Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : Can the minister please inform the house of the Liberal-National government’s latest initiatives to improve community safety in Bunbury? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Mount Lawley. Members to my left, if you want further questions you are not going about it the right way. We have only half an hour; that is absolutely it. I suggest no more interjections if you want questions asked. Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : Can the minister please inform the house of the Liberal-National government’s latest initiatives to improve community safety in Bunbury? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
The SPEAKER : Take a seat, member for Mount Lawley. Members to my left, if you want further questions you are not going about it the right way. We have only half an hour; that is absolutely it. I suggest no more interjections if you want questions asked. Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : Can the minister please inform the house of the Liberal-National government’s latest initiatives to improve community safety in Bunbury? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
Mr M.W. SUTHERLAND : Can the minister please inform the house of the Liberal-National government’s latest initiatives to improve community safety in Bunbury? Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
I am delighted to inform the house and the people of Bunbury of the government’s initiatives for community safety throughout not only the metropolitan area but also the whole of regional Western Australia and in this particular instance, I want to talk about Bunbury. The state government has allocated just under $400 000 to the City of Bunbury for closed-circuit television cameras and part of the funding is also for monitoring of those CCTV cameras, predominantly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until 4.00 am. That is one area that I think is very, very important. Although it is monitored by the Bunbury city council, there is a direct link to the Bunbury Police Station, which is essential for immediate response. Also rolling out in the south west, and predominantly here in Bunbury, are five units that are called TADIS Lites. A TADIS Lite is a very small unit that is about double the size of a mobile phone but that unit is absolutely immense in the information that can be transmitted either from the police officers out patrolling or from the police station to those officers. It is tremendous; they can actually pull up on the unit pictures and details of known criminals not just in WA but from over east as well, so they are really very good and it is something that we have funded that the previous government did not fund at all. Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
Members may be aware of the stop and search legislation that I introduced in Parliament and which will be debated in Perth in two weeks’ time. Those stop-and-search powers can be extended to areas, such as parts of Bunbury, if a request from the police comes through to me as the minister. Areas such as Northbridge will be designated areas in the regulations for certain nights of the week and for certain times during that. That will be put in place and will be reviewed after about 12 months. I have had meetings with the police in Bunbury in which they have asked to have those powers for specific areas of Bunbury where they have seen some violent attacks and criminal activity in the past. I will be more than happy to sign off on those applications if they come to me. Normally they would be for a limited amount of time and for certain reasons, but I would be very happy to do that because we do have a commitment to community safety. We have seen violent attacks proliferate over the past 10 years, particularly under the Labor government, which did very little to deal with it. The Liberal-National government is dealing with that. I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
I also inform the house that 17 high-powered handguns were stolen in the past 24 hours, which is of serious concern to police in Western Australia, because the stop-and-search powers will be absolutely essential for not only knives, machetes and things like that, but also the number of handguns that are now being taken into areas, and I am sure Bunbury would be no exception. Therefore, the Liberal-National government wants to ensure that in this instance the people of Bunbury have every possible advantage through their hardworking police force to be able to deal with these violent criminals. That is what we are going to do. There are some areas in the south west where there are one-off incidents for which the police will also seek powers to stop and search under that particular legislation. We are committed to community safety and will continue to do so.
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