Hiding away young crims buries truth

THE government’s costly introduction of youth bail accommodation is yet another solution in search of the wrong problem.

From February 12 next year, every alleged criminal aged 17 and under will be dealt with in the youth justice system.

In so doing, the government will bring more crime under a cloak of secrecy and shift potentially dangerous criminals under the same roof as offenders up to three years younger.

This move is based on the notion that somehow 17- year- olds are too vulnerable to remain in the adult prison system.

But by doing this, the government has simply shifted a problem from one place to another. Now much younger inmates will be exposed to hulking and seasoned 17- year- old offenders.

The government is spending too many resources on perpetrators’ welfare and not nearly enough on reducing crime.

The number one concern of law and order should be public safety.

Unfortunately, this government has lost sight of that golden rule.

Instead of focusing on the victims of crime, the government is preoccupied with the darlings behind bars.

Untold resources are being wasted in the deluded belief that out- ofcontrol thugs can be placated into obedience.

And now, the crimes of those 17year- olds, who will soon fall under the Youth Justice Act, cannot be reported.

It is perplexing why this protection has been enshrined, given so many of these crims are bragging about their wrongdoings on social media.

What about protecting us, the taxpayers, from their mindless crimes?

Beware the mighty Cowboys

ONCE again, those cocky Sydneysiders are telling us the Eels will smoke our mighty Cowboys.

As the boys showed last week when they skewered the premiers, it doesn’t pay to write off a North Queenslander.

Go get ‘ em, fellas.