Newsnews.com.au‘Rest of your life’: Huge gang crime move
NSW Premier Chris Minns has announced tougher gang crime laws, including potential life sentences for organising murders via encrypted messaging apps.
NSW Premier Chris Minns has pledged to “hit criminal networks at every point” while announcing a new wave of police powers and tighter laws in response to “increasingly sophisticated” gang activity taking place across Sydney.
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