{"id":99178,"date":"2025-04-06T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=99178"},"modified":"2025-04-02T22:19:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T11:19:48","slug":"from-the-desk-of-roland-rocchiccioli-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/living\/from-the-desk-of-roland-rocchiccioli-18\/","title":{"rendered":"From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli"},"content":{"rendered":"

TO suggest the government\u2019s new bail laws mark a sweeping reform is a preposterous misnomer. They are, for the greater part, a restoration to what they were before the illogical decision to implement changes was taken; and which did much to render law enforcement powerless, and served to embolden wilful offenders.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Until now, the government has done little to alleviate the law-and-order challenges creating community disquiet. Subsequently, the premier\u2019s platitudinous mea maxima culpa: \u201cwe go it wrong\u201d, should be accepted at face value \u2014 neither more, nor less. It is a stratagised reaction to a significant communal wicked problem; a devise to curry community favour; to be seen to be proactive. It could be posited the admission has little currency with voters. The much belated changes were implemented after months of belligerent posturing, and represents government response to surveying which revealed, explicitly, the voting public\u2019s profound dissatisfaction; a lack of voter support, and a possible routing at the next state election.<\/p>\n

The government\u2019s proposal to lower the age of criminal accountability from 12 to 14 was risible and suffered deserved public opprobrium. It is incomprehensible that government, with unfettered access to the finest professional advice in every area of social and anthropological endeavour, was implacable in its determination to ignore the obvious signs; or to listen to the measured voice of a concerned public. Regrettably, the determination to stay-in-power is often detrimental to good governance. It is a political canker which contaminates both major parties.<\/p>\n

The Police Association vote of no-confidence notwithstanding, the Allan-led government\u2019s decision not to renew Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police Shane Patton\u2019s contract has left a raft of nagging, unanswered questions. Axiomatically, it would not be a quantum, conspiratorial leap to suppose Mr. Patton was used as a scapegoat for government\u2019s failure to satisfy public expectations. Certainly, the former Chief Commissioner\u2019s recorded treatment indicates a disagreeable, opportunistic lack-of-regard for both him and the office he occupied.<\/p>\n

The state government\u2019s stubbornness across a range of major challenges affecting regional Victoria is most disquieting. Both Ballarat and Bendigo are beset by the challenges of youth criminal offending. While not pandemic in proportion the incidents are of grave concern and require assiduous attention. The government\u2019s drastic erstwhile attenuation of bail laws served only to exacerbate the intricacies of a nuanced conundrum. The failure to heed seriously police concerns, outcomes, and proven data, has intensified the social malaise. Considering the depth of available evidence supporting VicPol\u2019s lived experience, the government\u2019s hesitancy and lack of meaningful support remains baffling.<\/p>\n

Effective policing is contingent on unstinting government. The uniform marks our final line of defence. It stands between us and the potential disorder wrought by those intent on living their lives on the wrong side of the law \u2014 including emboldened youth offenders. The challenges are multifarious; the solutions, complex. A deplorable lack of parental efficacy, coupled with debilitating societal tribulations, has corroded social mores and created a pervading impotence. A misguided prevalence of spurious offender justification has distorted established values. Too often the legal system appears skewed in favour of the lawbreaker. Social and political prophylaxis runs rampant. Consequently, there is a whiff of communal despair; a perception that government intentionally ignores the voice of the constituents. The Werribee by-election was the harbinger of the growing-swell of voter discontent.<\/p>\n

The premiere\u2019s plaintive, \u201cwe got it wrong,\u201d is lamentable!<\/p>\n

Roland is heard with Brett Macdonald \u2014 radio 3BA Monday at 10.45 a.m. Contact: roland@rolandroc.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TO suggest the government\u2019s new bail laws mark a sweeping reform is a preposterous misnomer. They are, for the greater part, a restoration to what they were before the illogical decision to implement changes was taken; and which did much to render law enforcement powerless, and served to embolden wilful offenders. Until now, the government […]<\/p>\n

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