A senior federal Labor minister says parents who let their children possess knives should “have the book thrown at them” as the country debates how to move forward after this week’s dual stabbing attacks.
In the wake of the Bondi Junction massacre, which claimed the lives of six people and injured 12 more, and the Wakeley alleged terrorist attack, which injured a bishop and a priest, NSW Police has reportedly asked for tougher knife-crime penalties.
According to the Nine Newspapers, the state’s police force has asked for sanctions for parents who allow their children to possess knives.
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said “everyone had a role”.
“Everyone has a role, and parents have a role, if they can influence their children of course,” she said.
Education Minister Jason Clare backed in the call, saying any parents who “knowingly let their children out the door with a deadly weapon should have the book thrown at them”.
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