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‘No-data’ exile on remote station for TikTok criminals
Teenage Tiktokers who have been uploading videos of themselves committing burglaries and riding in stolen cars are set to be sent to work on a remote pastoral station with no mobile data in a regional part of Western Australia.
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The dramatic move, specifically targeting teenage boys, is part of a plan to deal with unprecedented youth crime in the Kimberley.
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West Australian Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan told The Australian Myroodah Station, 267km by road from Broome, was about to become an alternative to the state's malfunctioning children's prison.
Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre in Perth's southeast suffers from understaffing — contributing to frequent, cruel and lengthy lockdowns. Children at the centre routinely self-harm, riot and attack guards.
A lot of magistrates are reluctant to send young people down to Banksia Hill and when they do it is for a relatively short time. We talked to Indigenous communities (in the Kimberley) with ideas for an on-country facility that would help kids get away from the chaos of their normal environment.
Alannah MacTiernan
WA Regional ­Development Minister
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The region's Indigenous communities have been calling for help as they try to guide children as young as 11 away from dangerous choices, including stealing cars and ramming police.
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Myroodah is suitable for boys aged 14 to 17 who were convicted or on remand. They will feed and manage weaners on the property that has about 19,000 head of cattle.
The project would be community-run, with government input. It would be overseen by an independent board and chair mutually agreed by the Indigenous community and McGowan government.
What we have to do is to try to find a way of breaking this really escalating circle of dysfunctionality. Social media has absolutely contributed. In a sense, you have got young people trapped now. They are just getting sucked into a completely different culture that encourages kids to be outrageous.
Alannah MacTiernan
WA Regional ­Development Minister
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