The Legislative Council Member for Rumney, Tony Mulder, the former Counter terrorism Commander for Tasmania Police, commented today, “The events in Sydney these past days have been horrific and are a grim reminder of the violence faced by police and emergency workers every day”.
“Family members of perpetrators are especially at risk and random attacks in our city streets are all too frequent.
“It is time for zero tolerance of all violence that causes bodily harm”, Mr Mulder said.
“Two strikes and you are in – literally! Not to rehabilitate, not to punish, just to protect society until perpetrators learn that violence is never the answer”.
“There must also be a presumption against bail for any second charge relating to violence, based on the risk to the community, not the personal circumstances of the attacker.
“Additionally the criminal law needs to be amended to permit evidence of previous violent behaviour to be admitted in evidence.
“Much violence is fuelled by drugs so there should be 3 months mandatory de-tox detention for any offence involving drugs like methyl-amphetamine that are known to cause aggressive behaviour.
“Protection of society against violence is more important than the civil liberties of repeatedly violent offenders!” Tony Mulder said.
Tony Mulder MLC for Rumney
