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Independent Senator Dr Marlene Attzs has criticised the Government’s Home Invasion Bill, calling it the “privatisation of violence” and “the outsourcing of the state’s most sacred duty to thousands of frightened, untrained, unsupported individuals”.
Contributing late last evening to the Senate debate on the “Stand Your Ground” legislation, Dr Attzs said, “we are debating this bill that places responsibility for addressing the (crime) scourge on individuals.”
The Bill, which the Senate will continue to debate on Friday, criminalises home invasion and seeks to empower occupants of homes to lawfully defend themselves, others, and their property.
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