NSW doubles penalties for knife possession but critics decry ‘kneejerk’ reaction
government’s plan to double the penalties for people holding or brandishing knives in public has been described as a “kneejerk” response to high-profile stabbings despite knife-related crimes being at a 20-year low in the state.
The changes introduced to parliament on Tuesday would see people caught with knives facing up to four years in jail or $4,400 in fines, with the penalty jumping to $11,000 if someone is caught wielding a knife in public or at a school. The attorney general, Michael Daley, said the laws provided magistrates with more tools to deal with repeat offenders after a NSW police operation in which almost 300 knives were seized.“The government is acting to address understandable community concern given the high-profile tragic events involving knives that we have seen in NSW over the last couple of years,” he said.
Daley added: “It’s about getting a message across to young blokes that carry knives that they shouldn’t do it.”
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