All over Australia, in every state and territory, the number one societal occupation seems to be the control and management of crime.

In my 78-year-old opinion, crime is out of control, with authorities barely able to keep abreast of its explosive expansion.

So often, it seems, authorities take a vacillating and forgiving stance to the control of criminal conduct – with the judiciary looking to minimise sentencing based on the life-world circumstances of the perpetrators.

Certainly, CRIME is the number one topic of conversation and concern here in the North Territory, and it seems that is the case all over Australia.

I certainly do not feel safe any longer, and that ingrained worry appears to translate into the apprehensions about the future that agitates millions of Australians.