New South Wales proposes strict laws to control knife crimes
Police in New South Wales are set to be handed so-called extraordinary powers to search and scan people with wands to tackle a spate of knife crime. Credit: BIANCA DE MARCHI/AAPIMAGE
New South Wales police are about to be granted 'extraordinary' powers to use wands to search and scan individuals in an effort to combat a spike in knife-related crimes. If passed, the reforms will bring the state in line with Queensland, which has some of the strictest knife laws in Australia.
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