Victorian Greens
Party policy · Community safety
$1 billion for community safety and crisis outreach
Sourced, pending editorial review. Policies are summarised from each party's official material and independent sources captured on 10 November 2026. Summaries were compiled by automated research and have not yet been checked by a human editor — open the cited source to confirm.
What is being promised
Invest $1 billion in community safety, create an Office of Community Safety and Crime Prevention, and fund statewide 24/7 mental health crisis outreach.
How it is intended to work
Health and social workers responding to crises; evidence-based prevention programs.
Who may be affected
- People in crisis
- Communities
- Police
- Announced cost
- $1 billion
- Funding mechanism
- Party says its platform is funded by taxes on banks, gambling companies and big corporations
- Proposed timeline
- Not stated on the source page
- Says it will invest $1 billion in community safety and establish an Office of Community Safety and Crime Prevention.
- Says trained health and social workers would respond to and de-escalate crises statewide.
Important uncertainties
- No published Parliamentary Budget Office costing was found as at 10 Nov 2026.
Positions on key approaches
Significantly more police should be recruited.
No documented position. No position found in captured sources.
Bail laws should be tightened further.
No documented position. No position found in captured sources.
Crime prevention and crisis response should be expanded.
Supports. $1bn prevention and crisis response.