Carlton Supporters Club

Quote from: DJC – on September 11, 2026, 06:35:44 pm

You're on the wrong track there LP.

Mandatory reporting in Victoria requires certain professionals like doctors, nurses, teachers, police, etc to report evidence or belief of child physical or sexual abuse to child protection authorities.  There's no requirement to report crimes committed by children.

I see.

What happens in Vic when a minor is apprehended in a criminal act and not charged but redirected, who are they referred to?

Where I live they are referred to a specific office, an NGO that is compelled to report minors referred to them as potential abuse or neglect cases, they get a case manager immediately, it's an overwatch mechanism, every single kid that passes through the doors becomes part of the stats even if they are never charged. Whether this is right or wrong isn't the debate, what I'm getting at is how stats can vary region to region, state to state. And the whole reporting infrastructure is handled and managed by the court system.

It's the main reason for the big push Federally to set a standard, because the people I talk to tell me that at the moment quirks of reporting cause bias in the distribution of funds. Oddly, if you report more you are classified as wasting the money, and if you sweep it under the carpet you are doing a good job and get funding to extend the program.

This even applies to other types of funding, for example travel through Sleepy Hollow CBD and you see premise after premise vacant, perhaps 2/3 of premises are empty, for lease or abandoned. They build shopping malls that are state of the art and remain closed at 9:30am or 10am weekdays. Take the same drive on the other side of the bay for the Mornington Peninsula and you have to join a queue to get a premise lease, occupancy is something like 98% at the moment. Off the back of a handful of select projects the Bellarine is reported as a successful example, this is because of what they do not report. The net result is the Bellarine gets roughly 5x to 7x the per capita Federal funding relative to the other side of the bay. How people count numbers matters.

You're on the wrong track there LP.

Mandatory reporting in Victoria requires certain professionals like doctors, nurses, teachers, police, etc to report evidence or belief of child physical or sexual abuse to child protection authorities.  There's no requirement to report crimes committed by children.

It seems to me that the elephant in the room — the thing we’re not really saying out loud — is the influx of East Africans in Victoria and some of the more violent attacks (machetes, etc.). Please correct me if I’m wrong; I’m observing this from a distance.

Quote from: northernblue – on September 12, 2026, 12:38:58 pm

So if the tax rates are lower you'll be fine with crime at its current levels ?
But an increase in tax will need to result in lower crime rates ?
Let’s get it done 👍🏼

Ps
Great posts Lods and Pauly.
Any level of crime is unpleasent at best but I’m of the belief that there’s a level that won’t disappear, that’s for the jail industry to deal with, the majority of young kids are saveable if we as a society have the will.

Any doubt on your level of stupidity was dismissed with your post.

So if the tax rates are lower you'll be fine with crime at its current levels ?
But an increase in tax will need to result in lower crime rates ?
Let’s get it done 👍🏼

Ps
Great posts Lods and Pauly.
Any level of crime is unpleasent at best but I’m of the belief that there’s a level that won’t disappear, that’s for the jail industry to deal with, the majority of young kids are saveable if we as a society have the will.