Former Deputy PM, Civil Libertarians Unlikely Allies Against New Knife Crime Law Push

Rumoured calls by NSW Police to have parents held responsible for offences committed by their children is a simplistic approach, NSW Civil Liberties says.

A man pulls a knife from his back pocket in a file photo dated Jan. 16, 2020. Andrew Matthews/PA

Both Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce and the New South Wales (NSW) Council for Civil Liberties are alarmed by the push from NSW Police, via their union, to have criminal penalties imposed on the parents of children found to be carrying weapons, including knives.

When a riot broke out following the stabbing at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, six paramedics were forced to take shelter in the church for three and a half hours.