The perception of rising youth crime and gang violence in cities has pushed law and order issues up the list of voters’ concerns, the latest The Australian Financial Review/Freshwater Strategy poll shows.
It finds an 8-percentage point increase in the proportion of voters selecting crime and social order as a top concern since December.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
