NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Police Troy Grant was in Kempsey today to discuss law and order issues including the Breaking the Cycle Kempsey Plan.
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Mr Grant said he wants to supercharge the work going into the creation of the Kempsey Plan.
“I’m keen to hear how the Breaking the Cycle Kempsey Plan work is going in the community,” Mr Grant said.
“I want to supercharge the efforts of local member for Oxley, Melinda Pavey, and I am working on a project to give day to day capacity for those government groups to work closely together.
“We are modelling that up now through the justice department and there will be some exciting news coming to this region once we have built that model.”
The Kempsey Plan is a long-term generational plan to deal with the challenges of social disadvantage, crime and anti-social behaviour in Kempsey.
More than two years in development, the Kempsey Plan states that government and non-government stakeholders are working collectively for issues to be addressed proactively rather than reactively.
“The interagency work has seen some improvements about how the police, health, community services, housing and the other agencies work together,” Mr Grant said.
“But there are some gaps out there where we have to have a more day to day focus on this investment and that is very important.”
Mr Grant said that often government departments get focused on just their core business without understanding that there are other consequences.
“Someone dealing with kids on a truancy issue may not understand about the family impacts inside that house,” Mr Grant said.
“So if the agencies are not talking day to day to each other there is an opportunity lost to address the real issue and to get that child potential help.”
Community consultation for the Kempsey Plan was originally scheduled for May. A spokesperson for the Breaking the Cycle Committee told The Macleay Argus in June that consultation with the community and the non-government sector will now take place in “coming months.”
In response to the consultation set-back, Oxley MP Melinda Pavey said she is currently speaking with the Premier’s Department and the “reaching out process” to talk with government and non-government services will be underway soon.