The Hon. CHARLIE LYNN [11.28 a.m.]: This motion should be headed “Lies, damned lies, and statistics”! Yesterday Government members cited numerous statistics in asserting that there is virtually no crime in New South Wales. The New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has revealed that from 1995 to now—or while this Government has been in office—the trend in the incidence of violent crime per 100,000 population has been increasing. I am not holding the graph upside down: it is going up. Yet one would have thought from the statistics cited yesterday that there is no crime in New South Wales—in fact, there are no problems in this State. The mob opposite is so good it would describe a Coogee Bay sandwich as slices of sourdough with a medium-rare la excreta filling! The Government changes the definition of crime and manipulates statistics and then Labor members move self-congratulatory motions to create the perception that the Government is doing a great job and there are few problems or crime worries. (more…)
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Crime Prevention Motion
Thursday, May 7th, 2009VICTORIAN BUSHFIRES
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009The Hon. CHARLIE LYNN [5.06 p.m.]: I extend my condolences to the families who lost loved ones in the devastating Black Saturday fires in Victoria. I congratulate the Hon. Mick Veitch on presenting the condolence motion to the House. Black Saturday was our greatest peacetime tragedy with more than 200 of our fellow Victorians burnt to death under the most horrific of circumstances. The loss of family, relatives and friends is devastating for survivors and their local communities. The loss of irreplaceable family memorabilia will add much pain to their grief. They will bear the emotional scars of this tragedy until the day they die. I hope they find some comfort in the knowledge that Australians everywhere share their grief and will do whatever they can do to help them rebuild their lives, their homes, and their communities. (more…)
