Inquiry into issues confronting youth crime in the Northern Territory.

“My thoughts”, says Poor Old Henry

DON DALE COMMISSION

Look at the issues behind the issue,

Do not be one sided,

With saints you are not dealing,

Staff should not all be derided,

There and so many whose empathy and care,

Deserve commendation in dealing with those who dare,

To offer constant challenge,

Causing their appointed minders grief, hurt and despair.

What of these childrens’ parents?

Who let their kids run free,

Laughing at the wrongs they do,

Shirking responsibility,

Should they not be called to account,

For the wrong they have done,

In casting their children loose to drift,

Into lives of sin and crime?

This Commission’s finding will be one-sided,

Those who try will be derided,

There’ll be a scramble to offer apology,

To those who offend our society.

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