‘The curfew is the way’: Peter McGauran on how to manage ‘out of control’ towns

Bondi Partners Senior Advisor Peter McGauran believes a curfew is the “way to approach” crime in “out of control” towns. Northern Territory Chief Minister Eva Lawler has declared an ‘emergency situation’ in the Alice Springs CBD to combat crime. A two-week youth curfew will be put in place as part of the response. “There are some towns that are so out of control like Townsville, Moree, where there should be a curfew for young people under 18 – no question,” Mr McGauran told Sky News Australia. “I think the curfew is the way to approach it. “We’ve got to try to stabilise the law-and-order issues, the threat to the community.”