Mayhem in Melbourne
Mayhem has gripped the city of Melbourne. From thugs in the CBD to home invaders in the suburbs, and a state government that has the wrong priorities.
On Saturday August 16, transgender Antifa or Transtifia, as they are more commonly known, yet again attempted to disrupt a Women Will Speak event on the steps of Victoria’s Parliament House.
Victoria Police prevented these thugs from approaching the women, having learned from previous Women Will Speak events. They also prevented Transtifa from going on a CBD rampage like they did back in April, where members of the public were assaulted
Police made four arrests with a 21-year-old man from Flemington, charged with assaulting a police officer with an umbrella. A Channel 9 reporter was also attacked by a Transtifa member with an umbrella. A News Corp photographer had his camera stolen.
These violent extremists would have felt emboldened by the Premier Jacinta Allan herself. Two days prior she defended teaching 7 to 8-year-olds that they can transition genders as part of the respectful relationships program.
When asked about parental concerns about the respectful relationships program, The Premier attacked the Australian newspaper and its journalist, Rachel Baxendale, for reporting this.
It is also worth noting that the criminal provisions of the Justice Legislation Amendment (Anti-vilification and Social Cohesion) Act 2024 come into effect on 20 September where women’s rights activists could face jail time of up to 3 years if they are found guilty of inciting hatred against, serious contempt for, revulsion towards or severe ridicule of, another person because of their gender identity.
The Premier has also said these expanded vilification laws, which also cover race, religious belief or activity, disability, gender identity sex. sex characteristics, sexual orientation and include a five-year jail sentence for threats against those attributes can be used against the National Socialist Network, who marched in the Melbourne CBD at 1am on August 9.
The Premier also promised new laws to ban face coverings at protests in her statement against the National Socialist Network. However after pushback from human rights groups unions who argued that such a ban would be abelist these proposed laws will be watered down.
Suburban Violent Crime
In the suburbs of Melbourne, residents have been terrified of machete-wielding thugs and gangs, their targets range from retail thefts to home invasions, leaving victims traumatised.
Shopping centres have been placed into lockdown by machete-wielding gangs with one bystander nearly losing a hand after a machete severed it from his arm.
On Sunday August 17th, five offenders broke into a home on Oxford Street in Kew East armed with machetes and other weapons, where a father of two toddlers was allegedly stabbed 11 times in the head, face, neck and arms. His wife and parents were also injured. Police later arrested a 24-year-old man, and two teenagers aged 16 and 17 were all remanded in custody. The two other offenders remain on the run.
The previous Sunday on 10th August in Albion in Melbourne’s west 84-year-old Salvatore Andreula 84 was allegedly punched in the face when to give his car keys to a 34 year old armed home invader. His 52-year-old son Joe Andreula who lives next door rushed over and was allegedly stabbed multiple times but managed to hold down the alleged offender until police arrived. Both father and son plus the accused, were all taken to the hospital.
Premier Jacinta Allan passed through Parliament what she called the toughest bail laws in Australia in response to rising crime. Yet youth charged over home invasions and carjackings are still being bailed multiple times. A 15-year-old boy who has been charged a series of aggravated burglaries was bailed over 50 times.
Libertarian MLC David Limbrick’s proposed legislation to allow Castle Law home defence it was voted down in Victoria’s legislatiuve Council 18 votes to 17.
While the sale of machetes is now banned in Victoria, the ban on their possession doesn’t occur until after a Machete Amnesty running from 1 September to 30 November 2025. There are 40 machete amnesty disposal bins across the state that cost $325,000 each or $13 million in total.
Then there is the case Ross Judd, a 34-year-old homeless man, charged with the murder of 39-year-old Athena Georgopoulos and 50-year-old Andrew Gunn at their Glen Waverley home on Monday August 11. Georgopoulos was five months pregnant and expecting a baby girl. Gunn was allegedly decapitated with his head found on a stick and the words “karma”, “betrayal” and “enough is enough” written over their house. Judd was arrested at Westall railway station that evening with two large dogs. It’s alleged that a dispute over the dogs may have been a motivation for the killings.
Despite this level of violent crime amazingly, the Allan Labor Government extended its lead in the latest opinion poll, recording a 32 primary vote against the Brad Battin-led Coalition Opposition’s 33. This would mean Labor would be easily re-elected on a TTP of 53 to 47 with the next state election due in November’s election.
Former Liberal Premier Jeff Kennett described Victoria as fucked with its law and order crisis saying “For the first time in my life, I am constantly thinking about my personal safety and that of my grandchildren”.
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