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Townsville is not seeing any relief from Queensland Premier David Crisafulli's youth crime slogans. Both the former Queensland government & current have mostly concentrated on the punitive side of the issue but the preventative side remains largely unaddressed. #qldpol

Townsville crime on track to surpass 50,000 offences for second consecutive year. Townsville crime figures have placed the region on track to exceed 50,000 reported offences for a second consecutive year, as politicians trade blame over rising numbers.Townsville is on track to eclipse 50,000 reported crimes for the second consecutive year, fuelled by more than 4,100 offences in September alone.Latest Queensland Police Service data pushes the city’s annual toll to 37,712 incidents across all categories.That places the region, which includes Hinchinbrook and the Burdekin, on track to reach 50,283 reported crimes for 2026, just below 50,442 total offences reported in 2025. Crime in the region has climbed relatively steadily since 2018 to 2025 with a slight drop in 2024 before reaching new highs in 2025. The main drivers of crime so far in 2026 include assault with 4416 incidents reported so far this year, sexual assault (720), unlawful entry (2717), other theft (6163) unlawful use of aa m

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  1. @leroylynch.bsky.social

    Former Queensland senator Gerard Rennick’s People First Party has failed to register as a political party in Victoria because it could not prove it had at least 500 eligible members on the electoral roll. www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/23/a... ($) #springst

    State of denial Former Queensland senator Gerard Rennick’s People First Party has failed to register as a political party in Victoria because it could not prove it had at least 500 eligible members on the electoral roll. Rennick tells The Snoop his party — launched in 2024 after the former Liberal-National senator lost preselection — had about 3,800 members nationwide, including about 600 in Victoria (and $750,000 in the bank). However, the party decided to abandon its plans to campaign in Victoria and never finished sending in the paperwork. “We are focusing our energy on the next federal election,” he said. “We aren’t big enough to contest six state elections and one federal election every four years. Hopefully that will change in future.” The People First Party recently had serious plans to merge with another minor outfit, the Australian Citizens Party, under the new name Australian Peoples Party, but that effort fell through in August for “technical reasons” related to campaign
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  2. Police find no criminality in Yes Scotland finances after 'missing £1.5m' claim. Henry's accusation was based on: a "very basic misunderstanding of accounts"; an "independence supporter" who's acted like an agent provocateur for Unionism? #ScottishIndependence www.thenational.scot/news/2666358...

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  3. @ambodach.bsky.social

    Police find no criminality in Yes Scotland finances after 'missing £1.5m' claim. The complainant needs investigation www.thenational.scot/news/2666358...

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