The Department of Health and Human Services has recently been using a property in Kew to provide accommodation for those who are disadvantaged in our community and indeed the homeless. Unfortunately the behaviour of a number of the residents at Comfy Kew Apartments on Studley Park Road at the Kew Junction has been less than desirable and the level of antisocial behaviour has been quite extreme. In fact the police, the fire brigade and ambulance services have been called to Comfy Kew almost every night for the past month it would appear. Residents are extremely angry about the level of antisocial behaviour. An 11-year-old boy was assaulted by one of the residents outside Comfy Kew Apartments just near the old Kew pub.
This is unacceptable behaviour. My community is very welcoming and very supportive of doing what they can to support those with mental health issues, to support people who are homeless and to do what they can to make our society more caring and more cohesive, but the level of antisocial behaviour has been absolutely disgraceful. A tent was set up in a park over the road from these apartments. It was used as a makeshift injecting centre and was removed by the council. The police were called. Syringes have been found everywhere. This should not be happening. Because of the coronavirus and because of the huge media attention on the appalling behaviour by the Andrews Labor government, the level of media attention on this issue has not been as great as it should have been.