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18 July 2025
Australians in the bush want tougher penalties on crime. Here’s why – and what’s needed now

BY Caitlin Davey, Lecturer of Criminology, Griffith University, Kyle J.D. Mulrooney, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Co-director of the Centre for Rural Criminology, University of New England, and Sue Watt, Associate Professor in Psychology, University of New England

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New research has found that while Australians generally support strong punishments, people living in the bush are significa...

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