1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,040 Speaker 1: So it looks like on paper, at least this is 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: a big win for the government's crack down on crime. 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: Violent crime is down for the first time in five years. 4 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: Sure it's only two percent, but at least it's not 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: going up. Twenty nineteen up, twenty twenty up, twenty twenty one, 6 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: twenty two, twenty twenty three up, up, twenty twenty four down. 7 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: And over those five years of increase, violence went up 8 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: fifty one percent. You basically just had to walk down 9 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: the street and you'd be punched in the eye. Mark 10 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: Mitchell and Paul Goldsmith have fired off press releases quicker 11 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: than a Chinese warship and the Tasman about this. They're 12 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: beating their chests very happy, and you can see why. 13 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: Serious assaults have come down. Injuries have reduced, ram raids 14 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: down massively, total victimizations down as well. And here's the kicker. 15 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: Guess what else has changed at the same time. The 16 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: prison population just hit its highest level since twenty eighteen. 17 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: Police foot patrols, in other words, Bobby's on the beat. 18 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: That's up forty percent. So it's almost like if more 19 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: bad people are in prison, they're not punching us in 20 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: the streets. I know, completely unbelievable, and who would have 21 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: thought police patrolling the streets might actually prevent crime. This is, 22 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: of course, not radical stuff, it is basic stuff. And 23 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 1: on these numbers, the government finally has something tangible to 24 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: be happy about. But there's always a butt with stats. 25 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: Retail theft up twelve percent, people are still walking into 26 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: shops with their tope bags and taking stuff. And then 27 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: there's the stats themselves. So this survey that they're using 28 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 1: on and relying on here covers a twenty four month window, 29 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: so it's not a crystal clear picture that we're getting. 30 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: Plus the violence numbers that they're looking at come from 31 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: a mishmash of police data via Twitter, of all places. 32 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: This is the government release, so you can expect some 33 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: blowback from labor on that, but you don't need the 34 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: stats to tell you what you feel and what I feel, 35 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: what we feel and see in our neighborhoods. And that's 36 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: a few more cops on the beat. I'm not saying 37 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: it's perfect, but a few more cops on the beat 38 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,799 Speaker 1: and a bit less violence on our streets. For more 39 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: from Heather Duplessy, Allen Drive listen live to news talks 40 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: it'd be from four pm weekdays, Or follow the podcast 41 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio