#AusPol #Victoria #Crime
We discuss the recent gang violence in Westfields Fountain Gate Mall in South East Melbourne, near Berrick. Groups of youth dividing into the peer groups and then fighting and stealing, with police and security powerless. Does this sound like suburbian Australia to you?
References
Two people stabbed in Westfield brawl in Melbourne’s south-east
https://www.news.com.au/news/national/two-people-stabbed-in-westfield-brawl-in-melbournes-southeast/news-story/b099f8cefe821a111de1e02d4fbf5667
Fountain Gate shopping centre responds concerns over youth gangs
https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/fountain-gate-shopping-centre-responds-concerns-over-youth-gangs/news-story/96a3d3ca3698885e20095e358bf6271e
Youth unemployment soars to one in four people in parts of the country
https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/youth-unemployment-high-across-the-country/10868092