Queensland premier Steven Miles has accused television news bulletins of being “addicted to CCTV footage of crime.”
In comments made to Guardian’s Australian politics podcast the Queensland premier said Labor had a “real focus” on early intervention programs, but it was “harder to tell the story”.
“In particular the TV media is kind of addicted to CCTV footage of crime. That’s their bulletin now, and it’s much harder, up against that, to tell a compelling story about that early intervention work, but we’re doing it as well,” he said.
Youth crime has emerged as one of the main flashpoints of the Queensland state election, to be held on 26 October.
Miles said it was difficult to get “headlines” or “tell the story” of a response to crime outside punishment.
“There is a community expectation of consequences for action, and I don’t blame people for that,” Miles said.
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