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Victoria: the police state

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By Monique Hurley
| pearlsandirritations.com
The Victorian Government relies too heavily on policing as the default solution to every social issue and is granting the police unchecked powers. The Allan Government has again invested in cops instead of care. The police are big winners in the recent Victorian state budget, with an eye-watering $137.7 million allocated to resource them. This is instead of grappling with what causes people to come into contact with police in the first place.
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Victoria: the police state

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By Monique Hurley
| Pearls and Irritations
The Victorian Government relies too heavily on policing as the default solution to every social issue and is granting the police unchecked powers. The Allan Government has again invested in cops instead of care. The police are big winners in the recent Victorian state budget, with an eye-watering $137.7 million allocated to resource them. This is instead of grappling with what causes people to come into contact with police in the first place.
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As Australia's prisons keep swelling, so too does their billion-dollar price tag

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By Monique Hurley
| Crikey Verified
​A skyrocketing number of people are being pipelined into Australia’s prisons, with the country experiencing a government-manufactured incarceration crisis that is costing billions. As the Productivity Commission revealed last week, the cost of Australian prisons soared to more than $7.3 billion in 2024-25, a 5% jump since 2021-22.
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