SA: Parties unveil aggressive policies in lead up to election

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2006
SA: Parties unveil aggressive policies in lead up to election

On the hustings for South Australia's March 18 ballot .. both the Labor and Liberal
parties have released tough policies targeting out-of-control young people.

At an suburban railway station .. the Liberals have unveiled a policy to force graffiti
vandals to complete 100 hours of supervised graffiti removal.

Opposition police spokesman ROBERT BROKENSHIRE says Labor cut the Graffiti Gone program
when it took office .. and has had little commitment to ending a problem that costs the
community millions of dollars a year.

As part of Labor's opening election assault .. the Premier's proposed an anti-lout
crackdown .. where young offenders could be named .. and banned from public parks and
shopping centres.

MIKE RANN says it'd be a wake-up call to young offenders .. before they plunge deeper
into a vicious circle of crime.





SA's Labor Party currently holds 22 seats in the House of Assembly to 20 for the Liberals
.. led by ROB KERIN.

Three independents .. one Greens and one National Party MP make up the 47-seat parliament.

Polls conducted late last year have shown support for Labor running at about 46 per
cent .. up from the 36 per cent the party attracted at the 2002 election.

Backing for the Liberals fell from about 40 per cent to 35.

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