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Why the increased penalties for strawberry sabotage will do little to prevent the crime

  • Written by Rick Sarre, Adjunct Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Attorney-General Christian Porter announced that sabotaging food will now attract a penalty of up to 15 years' imprisonment.AAP/Lukas Coch

The fruit contamination crisis has delivered a devastating blow to the growers of Australia. The crisis is now so big it seems to have reached New Zealand as well.

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