Firm but Fair: A comprehensive plan for law and order in the Northern Territory
Source: Northern Territory Country Liberals
It is a sad fact of life in 2008 that the right of Territorians to go about our businesses and our lives in peace and security is being eroded by increasing levels of lawlessness, at all levels. Since 2001, the number of assaults reported in the Territory each year has increased by 83pc. In any part of the Territory, on any day, on any street, residents could face graffiti, public drunkenness, hooliganism and senseless violence. It is not the way that we want to live; not the sort of society we want. .