Leaders sense a ‘colonial’ control

Take their cash, they’ll find it elsewhere (crime). The solution is simple if you treat the cause, not the symptoms. The cause, more often than not, is boredom: plain and simple. These people have little money and nothing to do with their days. Fund more free things for everyday people to do (not just tourists who pay for everything). Jarod E Bamford Where there’s a will there’s always a way. Restrictions won’t work. Lobby hard for multiple 24-hour detox centres and then provide these people with a purpose. Cash welfare for community service – leads to knowledge, responsibility and self empowerment. Provide choices of service that suit their interest. Candice Brown Cashless welfare card for Cairns. I don’t think so. Haven’t the business leaders read the failure that this initiative is. $10k per person that could be better spent on services instead of a business, Indue. Most of these measures have been tried for 20 years. How about some more innovative solutions. Co-ordination and return to country already happens. Anthony Penrith Nothing can be done because of the fear of racial prejudice accusations. Nothing has changed in 40 years, same people doing whatever the hell they want wherever the hell they want and no one game to speak out or tackle the problem. Alan Currie 1. The current Labor State Government need to acknowledge there is a problem. John Gregory Riordan