It is the nature of the political beast that any major announcement a government makes in election year is slapped down as an "election bribe".

Election year kicked off to a strong $388 million start for police.

If the phrase “the war on drugs” has lost some of its impact in recent years, Police’s National Clandestine Laboratory Team has no doubt that is exactly what they are engaged in when combating the manufacture and supply of methamphetamine.  By Ellen Brook

Without a doubt, the big issues we carry into 2017 are the need for more police and the cumulative stress driven by persistent staff shortages.