Mr YOUNG (Longman) (19:44): Crime breaks and weakens cohesive and connected communities, it affects the way we interact with our neighbours and other members of the community, and it creates a breeding ground of mistrust, alarm, panic and fear. Crime has formed a barrier between safety and fear for many of the individuals, families, elderly residents and business owners who live and work in our communities, and it's this barrier we must work together to break. We must combat crime in order to build a stronger and safer community for all Australians, because every one of us deserves to live our life in peace and safety without the fear of crime, without an intruder breaking into our home and making off with the valuables we have worked so hard to purchase. You deserve to walk down the street at night without looking over your shoulder for fear of being assaulted, and you deserve to be able to leave your home and go to work or on holiday without worrying about whether you remembered to activate the alarm. Many years ago, you could leave your car door unlocked and your front door wide open without the fear that someone would rob you of your valuables or your car. Today, sadly, that is no longer the case. Between 16 September 2018 and 16 September 2019, the Queensland Police Service division of Caboolture have dealt with 9,173 criminal offences. From these statistics, the highest numbers of offences committed were for theft, of which there were 2,950 offences, and drugs, of which there were 1,347 offences. The Bribie Island Queensland Police Service division have dealt with 1,633 offences in the last year: 274 of these were drug offences and 406 were theft. The suburb of Morayfield has seen 2,977 offences committed in the past year: 1,202 were theft and 390 were drug offences. All of these statistics are from the past year and just show how bad crime is for the community of Longman. Not only is crime a cause for concern in our neighbourhoods but it can also impact the decisions of jobseekers and families to live in the area. This in turn can also affect tourism to the area and local businesses. Crime is expensive and can put a lot of added strain on the local economy. It places a huge financial burden on communities to prevent and combat criminal activity and clean up its aftermath. We need to break and prevent the cycle of crime so that we can create a safer Australia for all Australians. In August, the new Caboolture Police Station and Moreton District Headquarters were opened on King Street in Caboolture, due to the continued growth in the area requiring a larger policing presence in the community. The new police station will house the Moreton North Criminal Investigation Branch, the Moreton North Child Protection and Investigation Unit and the district detective inspector. The new headquarters will also house officers from the Moreton District Intelligence Unit and the district operations coordinator, as well as the professional practice manager, brief manager, disaster executive officer, tactician, support services, and inspector and district office staff. This new, modern facility can comfortably accommodate 200 staff members within the station and 19 staff within the district headquarters. When the Caboolture Police Station was first established in 1871, the station was staffed by only one senior constable and one constable, and I am told it was built at a cost of 48 pounds. I would like to take a moment to thank all the men and women in blue who are going above and beyond to protect the people of Longman and the rest of Australia. Thank you for all that you do for our communities. We also have many Neighbourhood Watch groups in the Longman electorate who work hard to provide a vital link between police and the community, enabling police to address community members' concerns about local crime, reducing the fear of crime and improving community safety. For me, it's clear: we need to tackle the issue of drugs, and a new ice rehabilitation facility at Caboolture is the answer. We need to make sure there is plenty of information and facilities out there to give people the support they need and see them away from drugs. We need to create well-targeted programs, work on reducing youth crime, encourage people to make wise choices, educate our children and work with the police to stop and prevent crime from happening. We also need to look at the bigger picture. There's no excuse for crime. We need to look at the reason why people commit crime. Is it to get money, are they bored, do they think they can get away with it, or is a life of crime all they know? It's simple: they are linked. Statistics prove that, when unemployment rates drop, crime rates and drug use also decline. The numbers don't lie. It won't be easy, but we must work together to keep our families and our communities safe.