NSW Nationals leader and Member for Dubbo Dugald Saunders has added his voice to calls for parliamentary inquiry into regional crime, saying the focus needs to be on youth crime.
In an interview with the Western Plains App Mr Saunders said the inquiry would allow for new solutions to be canvassed.
“Unfortunately at the moment I think we have a range of people committing crimes who don’t fit the norm and we don’t know what the solutions are at the moment”.
“At the moment we only have a couple of options – detention or the current diversionary programs, there is clearly a 5 or 10% who this isn’t working for, so we need to listen to some experts about what they think will work” he said…