"Increasing over the last decade": Farmers pleased by ACT's proposed crackdown on rural crime
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A proposed boost to rural policing is being seen as a positive move, but farmers say more action's still needed.
The ACT Party's promising funding for an extra 100 thousand patrol hours in rural communities.
It also wants tougher penalties for armed poachers and livestock thieves, and the expansion of 111 texting for farmers with patchy mobile coverage.
Federated Farmers spokesperson Karl Dean told Heather du Plessis-Allan rural connectivity is worse than five years ago, following the 3G shutdown.
A big concern, he says, is that some crime never gets reported – like fuel theft.
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