Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has signalled he wants to reset the state’s relationship with business. That is welcome, but to make that reset credible, he must confront Victoria’s retail crime epidemic.The urgency of that task has been laid bare by the horrific alleged attack on a retail worker in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine on Saturday.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Ben Carroll’s first test is keeping shop workers alive
The horrific alleged attack on a Melbourne retail worker on Saturday is an extreme and devastating example of the violence playing out in stores across Victoria.












