00:02Darwin's satellite city where crime is front of mind.
00:06It's a bit dangerous. You can't be able to walk around in this area. Even late at night it's scary.
00:11The latest crime stats showing total offences in Palmerston increased in the year to June compared to the 12 months
00:17prior
00:18with robbery, blackmail, extortion and assaults up as domestic violence remains a huge issue.
00:25It is really problematic. It's problematic getting people to report and it's problematic getting into houses where traditionally most DV
00:32is happening.
00:33The CLP says total offences across the Territory have fallen by 10,000 since a peak of 40,000 under
00:41Labor.
00:41With crime now back to levels seen in 2017.
00:45Yes some crime stats have gone down but some have gone significantly up and the ones that have gone up
00:52are the ones that are about hurting people.
00:53And from my point of view when I stand here in this office that's the reason why people come and
00:58tell me they don't feel safer.
01:00Yeah I don't really know what she's talking about Katie or why she's trying to say crime isn't better because
01:06it is, it just is.
01:08I don't think it's really decreased at all to be honest with you. I think if anything it's probably gotten
01:13a little bit worse.
01:14They're pretty good at using the numbers to their advantage I suppose.
01:18I haven't noticed any active crime happening around me.
01:22You're scared to even walk out of your own house sometimes because you've got all these little youngins and criminals,
01:28you know, breaking in.
01:30It's making it bad for our little ones, you know, we can't even walk around safer anymore.
01:34Angry residents said victims have stopped reporting crimes. A similar situation claimed in other electorates.
01:40I'm hearing first hand people are not reporting crime because they're not getting any action or consequence from it.
01:47People say there's just no point, there's just no point in reporting.
01:51Territorians are broadly happy with our focus on law and order. They know we have more work to do.
01:56We've just made that huge announcement around the 1200 bed men's remand centre and stand alone 200 bed women's prison.
02:03That shows people for the long haul that we are committed to keeping criminals off the street.
02:08Parliament returns tomorrow to debate the government's voluntary assisted dying bill, which Christians have raised concerns about here at Parliament
02:15this afternoon.
02:17Amendments will be moved on Thursday with a conscience vote to be held in the afternoon or evening.
02:22Right Are you here?
02:22No a living.
02:24There are people for similar clean.
02:24You
