Melbourne Incident

[pardus]

I think we're all wondering how many times the point has to be rammed home, too many of these violent offenders are out on bail when they should be in a small steel box. If the mitigating circumstance is that you were iced out of your bonce when you committed your violent crime, stiff shit, don't pass go, don't collect your 2 Melba and Monash drinking vouchers and go directly to gaol.

Yep. You blokes are in for more of the same IMO. As are we all to varying degrees.

 

[CQB]

Agree with you both & it may occur sooner than later, the devil will be in the detail; will it be a state or federal matter & for mine it's a NATSEC issue. It looks as if @Marauder06 and myself were both fishing the same hole as there was predictive behavior in his background which apparently the parole board wasn't aware of, ie; his terrorism links. Hopefully this will be addressed along with our attorney-general looking to ban Hizb-ut Tahrir over their pointed comments in the last couple of days.

 

[Mac_NZ]

If you guys can deport NZ born Aussies that haven't committed a crime as such but are associated with the Rebels than surely you can deport a Somali who commits an aggravated robbery let alone one that plots to go shoot up Holsworthy.

 

[digrar]

He got his citizenship at 3 years of age. Apparently that makes it difficult to punt him.

 

[CQB]

Devil in the detail I guess, but that did occur to me as well. We've deported more than just kiwis & it largely goes unnoticed. There's a dollar limit on goods stolen & if this limit is passed and the offender is say, a backpacking tourist, they're deported almost immediately.

The positive is that the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) starts today and NSW has been the first to strengthen police powers which look to be rolled out nationally. The powers have already existed federally whereby the state premier (governor for those in the US) to ask for federal assistance to resolve civil unrest. The new proposed legislation, (as I understand it), will put this power effectively in the hands of the NSW state police commissioner, which speeds up the process. NSW cops are being tooled up as well in light of this. It will give the faithful what they crave...martyrdom.

 

[Kraut783]

"It will give the faithful what they crave...martyrdom"

Can't like that enough times...