23 Jul 2023

Political parties roll out crime control policy

From Mediawatch, 9:09 am on 23 July 2023

After it emerged that Matu Reid was on home detention for family violence offences, the media rapidly raised questions about home detention, the discounting of prison sentences and gun control. Politicians have mostly refrained from adding their views, but they had already made crime and punishment big political issues this past week.

Queen Street shooter Matu Tangi Matua Reid, 24, pictured on 6 December 2017

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