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March 12, 2008
It's like a replay of prohibition. Teenagers denied alcohol so they binge drink illegally at parties and schoolies week. The Rudd Government talks in terms of a national strategy to deal with what they regard as a binge-drinking crisis whilst the experts call for greater sanctions. Conservatives say parents have to be more responsible, that society's standards are sliding into chaos, and kids need to be taught to teach respect is for police. The police deal with the consequences--crime. And so the cycle goes round.
Leunig
The police say the growing issue of street crime is grounded in the economic boom, which is partially responsible for a breakdown in public standards. The theory goes that a significant minority of young people have been given so much so early that they have not learnt acceptable boundaries of behaviour. The inference is that they need to be bought back into line.
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