Victoria pledges Jack's Law for knife crime
Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has pledged to introduce Jack's Law, which would give police powers to search anyone in public places using metal detectors to find knives. The law is named after 17-year-old Jack Beasley, who died in a random stabbing at Surfers Paradise in 2019, and has been adopted by all Australian states except Victoria. The opposition claims the government is copying their policy after voting down the same proposal last year under former Premier Jacinta Allan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.