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The outback city with 3,500 students but no public school bus
By Maddie Nixon

With no public school bus, 3,500 Mount Isa students dodge heatwaves and crime on their way to school. After decades of lobbying, families are hopeful for solutions.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/mou

ABC News · Mount Isa survey finds city overwhelmingly wants public school bus serviceBy Maddie Nixon

The whole inner portion of the city of #Colchester in #Essex was locked off by #Police with a dispersal order (officers can order anyone to leave immediately) following a rise in #violence #CriminalDamage and #AntiSocialBehaviour (presumably a bit more than an average weekend in the area, for such measures to be taken)

essexlive.news/news/essex-news

Essex Live · Night of 'antisocial behaviour' in Essex city ends in police crackdownPolice said incidents would 'not be tolerated'

Dog shit etiquette

"I’ve seen full bags tied to low-hanging branches and kids’ play equipment."

"The person who ties the bag on to a low-hanging branch of a street tree (disturbingly common) or leaves it on a car bonnet or on top of – or in – letterboxes. I’ve also seen full bags of dog poo tied to kids’ play equipment in the park and to fence palings. I’ve occasionally seen them left on the sea wall of the small, off-leash beach near me – right next to the bin."

One woman "was bagging the poo her dog had just laid on the nature strip in a blue plastic bag. Because her back was to me she had not seen me when she tied the bag up and promptly tossed it over the low front fence on to the middle of the front lawn of the house she’d halted in front of. "

Dog owners in Bellingen just let their canines off leash to dump their faeces on other people's gardens or wildlife habitat.
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theguardian.com/commentisfree/
#dogs #DogShit #DogOwners #AntiSocialBehaviour #pets #waste #TidyTown #Bellingen #pathogens #wildlife

The Guardian · Poodunnit: dear fellow dog owners, why do so many of you bother to bag pet mess then not bin it?By Paul Daley

'A reckless and dangerous act': Police investigate toppling of 4G mobile phone tower
By Max Tillman

For the second time in as many years, a mobile tower in the New South Wales town of Mullumbimby has been toppled in what police suspect was a deliberate act of vandalism.

abc.net.au/news/2024-05-29/mul

ABC News · Destruction of Mullumbimby 4G mobile phone tower suspected vandalism, police sayBy Max Tillman

Zero Tolerance policing does not reduce crime.

"The most effective strategies [to reduce crime] involved #police partnering with #communities to address #social problems in a holistic way and with a much wider set of tools than simple arrests. Good #policing should seek the "least intrusive means of solving a problem" and involves police #partnerships with actors across the public and #community sectors."

#Dublin #CorkCity #violence
#Crime ≠ "#AntiSocialBehaviour

rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/0821/14

RTÉ · Would 'zero tolerance' policing make Dublin city centre safer?By RTÉ Brainstorm