Lindsay Mitchell: Judge undermines government intent

The National coalition government banned the wearing of gang patches in public places in November 2024.

The legislation states:

Kerre Woodham: What's caused the drop in ram raids?

Ram raids are down more than 80% for the month of April, compared to last year. Police have identified 12 ram raids in April 2024, compared to 64 in April 2023. Sixty-four! That wasn't even the highest. There was a peak in August 2022 when there were 86 ram raids. There was a total of 433 ram raids in 2022, 288 in 2023, and 67 in the first four months of this year.

To what can we attribute the drop in ram raids?