There is NO “effective action by governments”, particularly against child hoodlums, who know that they won't see the inside of a cell.

Some idiot has even suggested that the age of responsibility be raised.

Unions? Protected by the Albanese government. Where do unions get their money when only 13% of workers bother with them?

And, who has allowed “Middle Eastern gangs” to get a foothold in Australia?

And, the states where crime is escalating, are all Labor mismanaged.

As with everything else that is wrong with Australia, Labor governments and leftist magistrates and judges, are responsible for increasing crime.

Ttbn.

“Youth crime” isn’t simply a problem of young Australians generally. It is heavily concentrated among particular demographic and social groups, IE.

The evidence suggests something much more concentrated: overwhelmingly male offenders, disproportionately disadvantaged communities, extraordinary First Nations over-representation, (53%), and increasingly documented recruitment of vulnerable teenagers into organised crime. (Pacific Islanders).