‘Not working’: NSW opposition slams regional youth crime after bail Bill fails

NSW Nationals leader and Dubbo deputy Dugald Saunders hit the bail laws of the state after being arrested for stabbing a man in a four young regional park.

The police were called to Cobra St Park in Dubbo in the Dubbo in the Middle West of the State at 17.00 on Tuesday after the reports that a 41 -year -old child was attacked and stabbed by a group of young people.

The officers then arrested four children between the ages of 13 and 16 during the incident, and one of them was accused of violating the guarantee.

Mr. Saunders said it was a sınar a scenario we see very often ”.

“A claim that is allegedly returned to the streets before his victims were released from the hospital, there is something wrong in the system and shows that existing measures do not work clearly,” he said.

“If we are going to prevent these serious repetitive young criminals from making crime farms in our cities and towns, it needs to change immediately.”

Prime Minister Chris Minns and the NSW workers’ government faced renewed pressure on regional youth crimes in recent weeks after a number of events.

This is despite the latest Bocsar report that has fallen during the latest reporting period.

According to the three -month report, in the last two years by June 2025, crimes related to regional NSW have fell by 8.9 percent.

In the distant West and Orana regions, while the decline is 22 percent, it breaks and enters between the regions, robbery, car theft and damage fell by 7 percent.

Speaking with 2GB on Tuesday, Mr. Minns admitted that despite the development of statistics, iz We believe that we have more to do ”.

“I think the numbers are very high, I will not deny it and I don’t want any crime victim to be statistics,” he said.

“As a result of some of these crimes, sometimes a real person with life -long, traumatic injuries, so we take it incredibly seriously.

“Some of these key areas are coming down, but from a very high base, so we don’t make an honor tour and we know that there is a lot to do.”

Mr. Minns recorded the introduction of additional financing for the Jacks law and youth crime in Moree, but he refused to introduce Queensland’s “adult crime, adult time” laws.

Bail Changes Shooting

The changes in the bail laws of the state proposed by the NSW opposition returned to parliament last week.

Following the opposition of workers’ deputies, including Mr. Minns, the Crime Legislation Amendment (Youth Crime) Bill 2025 was narrowly reduced in the lower house.

The draft law introduced by the liberal deputy Alister Henskens tried to significantly narrow the guarantee to young criminals.

When he committed a crime with bail, a young person who is accused of a serious ambitious crime or who is accused of car theft or a serious break and allegedly entered should not be given guarantee unless the bail authority is “high degree of confidence or, or a strict stuck ban and electronic monitoring should not be given.

Northern Tablelands Deputy Brendan Moylan said during the discussion that the bill would not correct the youth crime overnight ”.

“Every case is different, but a young man who already gets bail for a serious crime, then if another crime commits another crime and this crime will cause fear of fear and a victim or the victim’s family, then it should be a proportional result,” he said.

Worker Granville Deputy Julia Finn opposed the changes, “extremely costly, bad targeted and ordinary justice principles,” he said.

“Of course, they would lead to the cohort of older young people for a longer period, but they cannot offer long -term solutions to address the reorganization or to reduce the crime in society,” he said.

Mr. Saunders accused of “playing politics” following the vote instead of adopting a two -party approach.

“These changes meant that the guarantee would be canceled immediately and not again for any young criminal who violated or committed any other crime.”

“Nobody deserves to live in the case of a constant panic and fear, and we will continue to fight for a strong action to secure our communities again.”

Earlier this year, the NSW government expanded its own guarantee test for young people who are targeting young criminals and expanding the young criminals.