The government will introduce legislation to double the maximum prison term for offenders and impose an $11,000 fine on anyone caught wielding a knife.
Legislation set to be introduced on Tuesday will see possession of a knife in a public place or school and wielding a knife in a public place or a school become offences under the Crimes Act.
Picture: Getty Images "The government is acting to address understandable community concern given the high-profile tragic events involving knives that we have seen in NSW over the last couple of years.He added that the government felt it had struck"the right balance" with the reforms, sending a strong message to criminals whilst also preventing the new laws from becoming"overly punitive" in their application.
In comments made to The Daily Telegraph at the time, he said similar reforms to those introduced on Tuesday would bring Australia into line with other countries such as the United Kingdom, where carrying a knife is a criminal offence.
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