00:00Premier Jacinta Allen doesn't want to talk about crime.
00:05It's bad for her government.
00:07But it's unavoidable after another weekend of protests
00:09and the near daily cases of violence and shocking knife crime.
00:13Things are so bad in Melbourne's West
00:15that one security company is giving its staff guns.
00:18Let that sink in.
00:20Press today about whether she was comfortable with this arrangement.
00:23The Premier said she supported Victoria Police's efforts to reduce crime
00:26while saying this was a private arrangement.
00:29We absolutely acknowledge that there is more work to be done
00:33to support Victoria Police in its efforts to get more police out on the streets,
00:37to look at further consequences that must come with this violent behaviour.
00:42Some voters and stakeholders are tiring of the talk.
00:45They want to know when the changes will happen.
00:47Laws to crack down on masks at protests were announced in December
00:50but still aren't law.
00:52The so-called tough new bail laws aren't fully operational yet
00:55over concerns about what will happen to the prison population.
00:58Meanwhile the idea of sentencing reform is still embryonic.
01:02The Premier says the CBD is safe.
01:04But for some that doesn't pass the pub test.
01:07Now there's people in her team that say that she's failing to read the room.
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