Indigenous leaders are calling for long-term solutions to the situation, rather than reactive restrictions.
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00:00There is actually no evidence that snap curfews like this work. There is no evidence of that.
00:07Now that's significantly different to what we were talking about in April, which was
00:11a genuine circuit breaker. But look, I do understand the need for when we need to have
00:16short term responses, but this isn't it. Having a curfews as a toolkit, in a toolkit for police
00:22to use is not a sensible response. At the time, again in April, police said we need
00:28more police. It was responded to, more police were given. So what has happened in the meantime?
00:33You need curfews as well as more police now. We need to be investing into the solutions.
00:38Now when we're talking about children, we know that if you're investing into early education
00:43and care, if you're investing into juvenile diversion activities, we see significant differences
00:49in the outcomes for children and the likelihood of children coming into contact with the criminal
00:54justice system. You increase punitive measures, what you get is more crime. That is what the
01:00trends show.