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Police ‘wanding’ powers: a stab in the dark at fighting knife crimes 

The NSW State Government has proposed new powers for the police to search people for weapons with a metal-detecting wand without a warrant. This comes after months of violent knife crime that bewildered the state and country. The new reforms will be modeled after Queensland’s ‘Jack’s Law’, which came into the Queensland legislature after the …

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Housing Stoush on knife edge

The Federal government have been working to put forward a $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund, or HAFF. Just earlier today in parliament, a key concession to the policy proposal was made, with Federal Housing Minister, Julie Collins, offering to guarantee yearly spending in return for Senate crossbench support. $500 million was guaranteed as a …

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