A WA Liberal Government will put victims and community safety first, not the rights of criminals.
Invest $100 million to double the number of GPS tracking devices to monitor offenders who breach Violence Restraining Orders.
Introduce new laws to enable Workplace Protection Orders.
Amend bail laws to ensure that violent repeat offenders, who commit further crimes while on bail, will not be granted that privilege again.
Implement a comprehensive health infrastructure plan to build capacity.
Review WA’s parole laws with a view to tighten them to prevent early release for people convicted of violent crimes.
Strengthen disruptive behaviour policies around social housing and enforce the three-strikes rule.
Ensure police are properly resourced, supported and remunerated to halt the exodus from the force.
Assault up 46%
Threatening behaviour up 85%
Breach of Violence Restraining Orders up 44%
287,747 victims of crime last year
Increasingly, very few do.
The Cook Labor Government has lost sight of what it takes to govern and how to keep the community safe.
Despite Labor enjoying record budget surpluses, WA Police are under-resourced following an exodus of police officers leaving the force.
More than 1300 officers have left over the past two and a half years – the highest resignation rate in history.
The impact on law and order is evident.
WA Police statistics show crime rates have blown out across assaults, robberies, and family and domestic violence under WA Labor’s watch.
Women in WA are being murdered in family and domestic violence incidents at a rate higher than in any other state in Australia.
One in six women murdered in Australia in 2024 were killed in WA. Since Labor came to power, family-related assaults have spiked by 54 per cent, while threatening behaviour in the family home is up 140 per cent.
Breach of restraining order offences are up by 44 per cent, assault is up 46 per cent and robberies are up 44 per cent.
There’s also been a dramatic increase in violent crime.
But Western Australians don’t need statistics to tell them there are more robberies, more drugs, and more anti-social behaviour; they are living it every day.
Many regional residents are at breaking point.
Albany and Kalgoorlie have recorded 30 per cent increases in crime, Karratha a 51 per cent increase, and Carnarvon a massive 76 per cent over the past two years.
Police do a tough job. Burnout, fatigue, and low morale are all leading to the mass exodus of police officers from the force.
Nobody should be surprised that fewer cops on the beat and a court system soft on violent offenders leads to more crime.
The Cook Labor Government has been dragged kicking and screaming every step of the way to treat this crime epidemic with any sense of urgency.
WA desperately needs to adopt a whole-of-government approach to combating crime, particularly in the regions.
It needs to start with addressing the unprecedented number of police officers exiting the force.
