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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

‘Post and boast’ laws aim to stop young Australians glorifying crimes. Will they drive them deeper into ‘a failing justice system’?

The illustration shows a young man spray graffitiing a phone and handcuffs on a brick wall.
Almost every jurisdiction in Australia has now introduced so-called ‘post and boast’ laws. Composite: Victoria Hart/Guardian design

It is 1.30am in the New South Wales town of Moree, and a 16-year-old passenger in a stolen Audi is using his phone to film the speedometer as the needle climbs towards 150km/h.

He shares the video with his friends on the social media app Snapchat, a court later hearing he thought it was a “cool thing to do”.

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