Amid consideration of a contentious youth justice bill, one expert has likened the government’s actions to the denial of climate change.
and international reports and inquiries demonstrating that significant focus and funding was needed around early intervention rather than more jails and policing.“To my mind, it’s no different from ignoring the science on climate change, or ignoring the science on managing the COVID-19 pandemic,” Grau said.
“We’re constantly told about the science. I mean, this is the best social researchers attempting to look, you know, it’s not like science in the hard sciences – it’s soft science, it’s about the interactions of people,” Power said. “We urge Mr Power and all committee members to apply themselves seriously to the submissions and the wealth of evidence that lies within those.”
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