Greens say tougher penalties won’t make anyone safer as experts point out knife-related crime is at a 20-year low
But despite the prominence of these cases and others, knife crime is at a 20-year low, according to the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.
“There’s not been any noticeable increase in knife crimes as far as the offences that have been recorded by police.” “There is no evidentiary basis that this law is commensurate to any of the current crime problems that we have in NSW. It’s not going to make anyone safe.”
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