Does Dreyfus see what's happening under his own nose? The Attorney-General talks about his electorate: Isaacs MP Mark Dreyfus said..."One third of Australians were born overseas and Greater Dandenong is home to citizens representing 150 different nationalities," he said. Our community is a wonderful example to others of a modern, diverse and harmonious society. This week: Around Dandenong, young men stalk parks in gangs and rob anyone who walks through. About 300 others brawled so viciously at a 21st birthday party last year that police had to use capsicum spray to bring things under control.... There is certainly a public fear of violence: one caller tells police she has seen about 50 Sudanese men heading towards a party heaving with Pacific Islanders. Community leaders have joined police on regular patrols in Dandenong as the force tries to improve ties with troubled ethnic youths. The ethnically diverse city has crime rates almost 40 per cent higher than the state average... Pacific Islander and Sudanese community leaders were informed by Victoria Police last year that their populations were overrepresented in crime statistics. There comes a time when the desire to seem nice collides with the need to be honest. Dreyfus is not telling the truth, in my opinion. When you can't be honest about trouble in your back yard, are you likely to ever fix it? Thanks to reader Ed. Reader Skeptical Denier: Maybe it would help if Dreyfus actually lived in his electorate rather than the leafy "burbs of Malvern. He may then actually know what is going on in our electorate. Typical seeming of the hand-wringing left rather than actually doing.