An alliance of legal and community experts say a Coalition bill calling for tougher child bail laws will backfire and increase crime.
The organisations – including the NSW/ACT Aboriginal Legal Service, Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of NSW, AbSec – NSW Child, Family and Community Peak Aboriginal Corporation, the First Peoples Disability Network, NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, and the Redfern Legal Centre – warned in a joint statement on Thursday that the Bill will “make communities more dangerous”.
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