Issue guide

Crime, justice and community safety

Enforcement, prevention and trust

What Victoria controlsVictoria is responsible

Victoria controls police, bail, courts, prisons and much crime prevention. Crime figures need to show the offence, time period and changes in population.

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The choice

What balance should guide community safety policy?

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8 sourced positions

Labor

Use police, the justice system and targeted prevention programs.

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Increase police and use targeted violence-prevention measures.
Combine justice-system delivery with prevention and community safety.

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Victorian Labor: keeping communities safe ↗Last checked 2026-08-26

Liberal

Focus on policing, bail, sentencing and community safety.

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Prioritise enforcement, bail, sentencing and visible community safety.
Connect safer communities with stronger justice-system performance.

The linked community safety policy is the direct source for this summary.

Liberal Victoria: keep communities and families safe ↗Last checked 2026-08-26

Greens

Focus on prevention, rehabilitation, community support and justice reform.

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Prioritise prevention, rehabilitation and community support.
Pursue justice reform alongside public safety.

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Victorian Greens: justice policy ↗Last checked 2026-08-26

Legalise Cannabis

Legalise and regulate adult cannabis use, with the public asked to decide the question.

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Support a regulated system for adult cannabis use.
Ask Victorians to vote on legalisation in a public ballot.

A Victorian cannabis legalisation plebiscite bill was introduced in the Legislative Council.

Victorian Parliament: Cannabis Legalisation Plebiscite Bill 2026 ↗Last checked 2026-08-25

Free Palestine

Support laws against terrorist financing and recruitment while protecting peaceful protest and community cohesion.

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Support stronger laws against terrorist financing and recruitment for foreign militant organisations.
Protect peaceful protest while rejecting antisemitism, Islamophobia and extremist violence.

The party's policy page sets out Victoria-facing positions on extremist violence, protest and community cohesion.

Free Palestine Party Victoria: policies ↗Last checked 2026-08-25

Victorian Socialists

Address safety through prevention and community support, while protecting rights in policing and prisons.

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Address safety through prevention and community support.
Protect people's rights in policing, prisons and the justice system.

2026 policy platform

Victorian Socialists: police, prisons and human rights ↗Last checked 2026-08-26

The Nationals

Increase police, strengthen bail and sentencing measures, and fund youth mentoring.

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Add police and strengthen bail and sentencing measures.
Use youth mentoring and targeted enforcement to improve community safety.

2026 Victorian policy platform

The Nationals Victoria: official website ↗Last checked 2026-08-25

DLP

Increase penalties for repeat and violent crime while pairing enforcement with rehabilitation.

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Increase penalties for repeat property and violent crime.
Combine policing with rehabilitation and drug-treatment responses.

DLP policy platform

Democratic Labour Party: policies ↗Last checked 2026-08-25

Coverage

8 of 19 parties have a sourced summary here.

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