Benham welcomes new Youth Crime Prevention Program The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham has welcomed the announcement of a new Youth Crime Prevention Program (YCPP) for Mildura. The program, which is to be delivered through Hands Up Mallee (HUM) and Sunraysia Community Health Services (SCHS) aims to support young people aged 10 to 24…
The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, has called on the Minister for Police to urgently address staffing shortages impacting the Red Cliffs and Merbein Police Stations. Raising the issue in Parliament, Ms Benham urged the Minister to allocate additional police officers to these under-resourced towns, warning that community safety is being compromised. Residents in…
The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, has condemned the Premier and the Member for Eureka for their failure to reach a pay deal with Victoria Police, leaving our hardworking officers undervalued at a time when their service has never been more critical. With residential burglaries surging by an alarming 86 per cent in just…
The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, has again highlighted Mildura’s total criminal incidents are up 10.5 per cent. Increased criminal offences are among the highest in the state with youth crime, domestic violence and aggravated burglaries. Ms Benham engaged with numerous stakeholders who are directly involved in addressing crime and its impacts on our…
The youth justice announcement from the Allan Labor Government reveals it has no plan to keep Victorians safe and address the alarming rise in violent youth crime. After denying for years that a problem exists, even weakening bail laws and cutting early intervention and youth engagement programs, the government has finally acknowledged the need to…
The Nationals Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, has renewed calls for an urgent meeting with Police Minister Anthony Carbines in the wake of new statistics that show crime is spiraling out of control. “The crime rate continues to rise, yet my repeated calls for adequate resourcing continue to fall on deaf ears,” Ms Benham said.…
The incompetence of the Labor Government is again on full display just days before its new public drunkenness laws are due to come into effect. It follows revelations that the first sobering-up centre in the state won’t be ready and will also be stretched to capacity when public drunkenness is decriminalised from Melbourne Cup Day…
One-person police stations across Victoria are under threat, with a new proposal seeing one-person police stations being phased out much to the detriment of smaller regional towns. Nationals Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, said that this would take yet another essential service away from small country towns. “These small country towns often are too far…