{"id":2020,"date":"2015-08-17T23:40:40","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T23:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/2015\/08\/17\/dob-in-a-dealer-campaign-to-be-part-of-national-ice-strategy\/"},"modified":"2015-08-17T23:40:40","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T23:40:40","slug":"dob-in-a-dealer-campaign-to-be-part-of-national-ice-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/dob-in-a-dealer-campaign-to-be-part-of-national-ice-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"DOB IN A DEALER CAMPAIGN TO BE PART OF NATIONAL ICE STRATEGY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>August 18, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Government will invest $1 million in a nationwide \u201cdob in a dealer\u201d campaign as part of its strategy to combat the spread of the drug \u2018ice\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester welcomed the announcement by the Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Justice Minister Michael Keenan. Mr Chester said it would complement other community-led initiatives targeting crystal methamphetamine use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTargeting suppliers of the drug \u2018ice\u2019 is an important component of the overall strategy to stop people using this insidious drug,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dealers who push this drug into our communities must be held to account and our law enforcement agencies are doing outstanding work in this field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEqually, prevention and rehabilitation will also play an important part in the overall strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, ice use is a community problem. We all share responsibility and I\u2019ve been heartened by the level of community support and energy in Gippsland to finding long-lasting solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The national campaign will be modelled on the Crime Stoppers Victoria \u201cdob in a dealer\u201d initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The Coalition Government has intensified its focus on ice use, through its National Ice Taskforce.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the government allocated an extra $18 million to bolster the capabilities of the Australian Crime Commission funded from proceeds of crime.<\/p>\n<p>New laws have also been passed to crack-down on drug couriers who bring ingredients or materials into Australia to make ice.<\/p>\n<p>Extra emphasis has also been placed on targeting suspected criminals with unexplained wealth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Coalition recognises that more focus needs to be put on following the money trail and I strongly endorse its moves to increase the level of scrutiny on suspected crime figures,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n<p>Crime Stoppers enables every person to contribute to public safety by anonymously calling the toll-free number 1800 333 000 or using their local Crime Stoppers website to report online any criminal or suspicious behaviour they have seen in their community.<\/p>\n<p>CAPTION: Justice Minister Michael Keenan discusses the Coalition\u2019s strategy on ice with Gippsland MP Darren Chester in Canberra. The Federal Government this week announced further measures targeted at tackling organised crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>August 18, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Government will invest $1 million in a nationwide \u201cdob in a dealer\u201d campaign as part of its strategy to combat the spread of the drug \u2018ice\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester welcomed the announcement by the Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Justice Minister Michael Keenan. Mr Chester said it would complement other community-led initiatives targeting crystal methamphetamine use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTargeting suppliers of the drug \u2018ice\u2019 is an important component of the overall strategy to stop people using this insidious drug,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[154,323,251,240],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}