Victoria’s Police Minister has downplayed the scope of a review into crime and bail laws, just a day after it was announced by the Premier. It comes as police investigate serious crimes in the two electorates heading to by-elections this Saturday.
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00:00We can't wake up every morning and see the kinds of things that we're seeing right now.
00:06We can't be looking over our shoulders because of the kinds of offences that are happening.
00:11The Premier conceded there's community concern about crime.
00:15I've asked the Attorney-General and the Police Minister to review the settings,
00:19review the current laws, review our law settings.
00:22But by this morning, that message didn't seem to have reached the Police Minister.
00:27I wouldn't even say that there's particularly a review.
00:30We're always doing this work. I'm okay if you want to call it a review.
00:33But all I'm saying to you is...
00:34We need the Premier to call it a review.
00:36By question time, the opposition was capitalising on the confusion.
00:40This morning, the Minister for Police contradicted the Premier
00:43by confirming there is no formal review.
00:46Who is telling the truth?
00:48I've asked the Minister for Police and the Attorney-General
00:51to review our current settings, including bail.
00:54The terms of reference for this work are crystal clear.
01:01But it seems clear as mud.
01:03And for the second sitting day of the year, the government's been spinning its wheels
01:07as the opposition grills Labor on crime,
01:10hoping to lock up more votes at this weekend's by-elections.