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August 30th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
VICTORIA Police expects a shocking increase in family violence to grow further in coming years, warning of a “frightening” problem that requires urgent attention.
Statistics released yesterday show that while crime dropped overall in Victoria by 2.4 per cent over the last financial year there was a 26 per cent increase in the number of offences related to family violence.
Domestic violence has also driven a 5 per cent increase in all assaults, with those arising from family disputes increasing by 25 per cent.
Acting chief commissioner Ken Lay said domestic violence figures were certain to increase further as the issue gained traction and victims became increasingly confident to speak out.
“Traditionally, when people think about not being safe, they think about being at a railway station or a street where they might get assaulted,” he said. “But our data is very, very clear that there is far greater risk of being assaulted if you’re in a family environment.
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“I think the reporting is getting better (but) I’ve got no doubt at all though that there are many, many thousands of assaults happening in the home that we simply do not know about.
“When you think about the number of people that are being assaulted in their homes every day or every night, 365 days a year, it is quite frightening.”
Increased violence was a key trend among the new figures, with a 9 per cent rise in rape offences that Mr Lay linked to family violence situations.
Armed robbery increased by 10 per cent and, although the most common weapon was a knife, Mr Lay said the 44 per cent increase in firearm use was alarming.
He said there was no evidence that guns had become easier to obtain illegally, but police needed to further investigate where the weapons were coming from.
Controversy over crime statistics helped undermine former chief commissioner Simon Overland before his resignation, with Victoria Police accused of releasing misleading figures showing a drop in CBD assaults before last year’s election.
Mr Lay said he was confident in the new data’s accuracy, but was reluctant to seize on any of it as a victory, saying “the data moves up and down”.
Police Minister Peter Ryan yesterday said the Coalition was investing about $50 million this year to combat domestic violence, but Domestic Violence Victoria chief executive Fiona McCormack said it was all old funding from the previous Labor government.
Ms McCormack said the data should alert the Baillieu government to the crisis facing women and children in the state, and the services who respond to them. “They are groaning under the weight of demand. We need this to be seen as a health issue and we need a serious strategy.”
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