Round Four - Security Related Infrastructure

Projects funded under the Security Related Infrastructure component of Round Four of the National Community Crime Prevention Programme

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Partnership Stream

• Mildura Rural City Council – $494,000(Vic). The Mildura CBD Safety Strategy project aims to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour and improve community safety in the Mildura CBD, particularly at night time. The project will revise the Liquor Licensing Accord and offer education, enforcement and engineer strategies to improve safety in the CBD. The project will also include CCTV, safety audits, design considerations and a transport safety strategy.

• City of Geraldton – $414,220 (WA). The CBD/Foreshore Redevelopment – CCTV System project aims to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour and provide a safe and secure environment for local residents and businesses. It will install a CCTV system in the redeveloped CBD/Foreshore and the entertainment precinct. The project is a partnership with the local chamber of commerce and the WA Police.

• Women’s Health Goulburn North East – $230,420 (Vic). The Bsafe project aims to improve community safety, deter offenders and reduce the fear of crime. The project will build on a successful pilot project to supply Emergency Safety Kits to people at high risk of violence in diverse rural locations. It will also develop Keep Safe kits for a broader audience. The project will enhance existing partnerships between local police and the family violence sector.

Safety stream

• Belmont Services Bowls Club Inc – $14,000 (Qld). The Video Surveillance projectwill install CCTV for surveillanceof the Belmont Services bowling greens and clubhouse. The project aims to deter vandalism and safeguard the club from break-ins.

• City of Ballarat – $150,000 (Vic). The Central Business District Public Closed Circuit Television projectaims to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour and improve community safety. The project will install a high quality CCTV system in the city’s CBD and entertainment precinct.

• Inverloch Tourism Association Inc – $136,000 (Vic). The A Safer Inverloch project aims to reduce crime and anti‑social behaviour and improve community safety in Inverloch. The project will implement a CCTV system, along with prominently displayed signs and upgraded lighting.

• Balonne Shire Council – $150,000 (Qld). The St George CCTV Security project aims todeter and detect criminal activity by installing CCTV cameras at strategic locations within the St George CBD. In particular, the project seeks to reduce the fear of crime and the incidence of vandalism, property damage, theft, alcohol-related violence and anti-social behaviour.

• Cobargo Agricultural, Pastoral & Horticultural Society Inc – $2,660 (NSW). The Increase Security Lighting and Safe project aims to improve safety and security at the Cobargo showground by installing security lighting.

• Corporation of the City of Port Augusta – $136,820 (SA). The Extension to Existing CCTV projectaims to reduce crime and improve community safety.It will expand the current CCTV surveillance system to assist in the identification of offenders. In particular, the project seeks to reduce the incidence of driving offences, property damage and anti‑social behaviour.

• Katherine Town Council – $20,000 (NT). The Maluka Park – Lighten Up! project aims to deter crime and anti-social behaviour in Maluka Park and reduce the fear of crime experienced by nearby residents. The project will install seven additional lights in the park.

• Moree Plains Shire Council – $150,000 (NSW). The CBD Video Surveillance project aims to enhance safety in the main street and adjoining parking areas and laneways of Moree CBD. The project will install a CCTV system to assist in the deterrence of anti-social behaviour and vandalism.

• Albany Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc – $150,000 (WA). The Albany Safe CBD CCTV project aims to deter crime and anti-social behaviour. The project will install a wireless CCTV Network at specific locations and hotspots around Albany CBD. 

• Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association – $17,180 (Qld). The Mooloolaba Flotilla QF6 Security System & Surveillance Cameras project aims to deter crime and support investigations into criminal activity. It will install surveillance cameras and other security measures to monitor coast guard and public vessels, walkways and car/trailer park activity.

• Beenleigh & District Historical Society – $52,490(Qld). The Beenleigh Historical Village Surveillance projectaims to protect the historic precinct from criminal damage and deter criminal activity through the installation of CCTV security cameras.

• City of Joondalup – $150,000 (WA). The Joondalup CCTV projectaimsto support investigations into criminal activity, deter crime and reduce the fear of crime. It will installCCTV cameras within the City of Joondalup to complement other community safety initiatives undertaken by the City.

• City of Stirling – $44,030 (WA). The Carine Skate Park Safety project aims to deter anti‑social behaviour and vandalism and increase the feeling of safety and security at the facility and its surrounds. The project will implement a CCTV system and engage the YMCA to operate an outreach program at the skate park on selected evenings.

• Griffith City Council – $138,500 (NSW). The CCTV for CBD projectwill install CCTV infrastructure in Griffith CBD and also provide mobile CCTV security cameras. The project aims to support investigations into criminal activity and deter crime and anti-social behaviour in and around the CBD.

• Mount Evelyn Township Improvement Committee – $81,450 (Vic). The Mount Evelyn Safety Cameras project will install a CCTV security systemin Mount Evelyn CBD. The project aims to improve community safety and reduce the incidence of crime in the area.

• Nelson Bay Town Management Inc – $95,000 (NSW). The Nelson Bay Sustainable Crime Surveillance projectwill install CCTV cameras at key identified hotspots in the Nelson Bay shopping precinct and adjacent Apex Park. The project aims to support investigations into criminal activity and deter crime and anti-social behaviour in the area.

• Noosa Shire Council – $5,860 (Qld). The Installation CCTV & Security Equipment at Pomona & District Community House project will installvideo surveillance and security equipment within the community house premises. It aims to deter vandalism and break-ins and support investigations into criminal activity.

• Rural City of Murray Bridge – $150,000 (SA). The Identifi-EYES CCTV Installation, MurrayBridgeproject will installCCTV in Murray Bridge CBD and riverfront reserves. The project aims to increase personal safety and decrease property crime in and around the town’s important tourist attractions.

• City of Perth – $120,000 (WA). The Portable CCTV Wireless Cameras Network project will have an industry specialist develop, supply and install a portable CCTV wireless camera network. The project aims to manage the ongoing graffiti damage problem in the City of Perth by focusing on problem areas when and where required. 

• City of Swan – $104,640 (WA). The Malaga Community Safety and Crime Prevention Strategy aims to implement a range of strategies to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour in a large industrial area in the City of Swan. The project will employ a part‑time project officer and use CCTV in problem areas.

• Croydon Main Street Traders Association Inc – $150,000 (Vic). The Community Safety Real Time Surveillance Program aims to supply additional resources to enhance safety in shopping and transport centres. The project will place cameras in and around Main Street in Croydon and electronically monitor these areas in ‘real time’ at the Croydon Police station.