Declan Laverty’s Mother Samara Laverty says the Chief Minister has minimized her son’s death prompting her to call for tougher action on crime so that no one else loses a loved one.

She told Katie Woolf a presumption against bail should extend to all kinds of weapons.

Ms Laverty says the government needs to acknowledge the impact of crime on the community and stop “gaslighting” Territorians.

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