Politicians shielded from wave of wayward youths

SOME people have asked why I want to stop the crime epidemic that has inflicted our town when my business actually benefits from the stream of trashed vehicles that arrives like clockwork every day of the week.

If you have to sit down in the office and fill out the paperwork from the owner of a stolen car and hear their side of the story it might help.

Our governments’ moral compass is broken and we now have our federal leaders trying to finish off what’s left over in case Annastacia Palaszczuk’s turn at punishing the pensioners has missed some along the way.

Our nation is facing a surging tide of wayward youth that are released to reoffend every day from our broken down legal system. The courts are now more like a “who dares wins” competition with the thieves driving stolen cars to their court appearance.

An 88- year- old man asked me a question a couple of weeks ago after his place was trashed and car stolen.

He asked why have we got to fight so hard for justice?

He thought that was what the courts were supposed to provide.

And that is exactly why I keep trying to shame a government into doing something. It’s because I refuse to accept that this is good enough and it’s the best we can do.

The most vulnerable in our community are the ones that get hit the most as they can’t afford expensive alarm systems and the cost of building a crim- proof cage over stop the carnage.

You never hear of a politician’s house being plundered because the salary they are paid helps them buy stateof- the- art alarms and security.

Our elected members should be forced to have bail houses set up beside their houses and get a taste of what gets dished out on unsuspecting people every night of the week! MIKE ABRAHAM,

Bohle. their house to