PHOTO: Commissioner Karen Webb said that the issue of crime spikes is ‘more complex’ than getting more feet on the ground. (NSW Parliament)
Mayors from 84 NSW councils banded together with NSW Farmers and the NSW Police Association to lobby for a parliamentary inquiry on regional and rural crime, but it’s looking as though their calls won’t be answered anytime soon.
The Country Mayors Association led the push for the inquiry, announcing their damning research on rural crime during a press conference on 20 October, 2023.
In senate estimates this month, however, Minister for Police Yasmin Catley said she won’t be making any inquiry announcements in the near future…