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A fed-up criminologist and former cop lashed out at a panel of politicians in a furious spray for playing politics instead of addressing the violence against women crisis.
Agriculture minister Murray Watt, Nationals leader Bridget McKenzie and NSW Opposition leader Mark Speakman appeared on Monday night's episode of Q&A to discuss the gendered violence emergency.
The highly-charged episode took a turn when Vincent Hurley, a former NSW detective and criminologist at Macquarie University, lashed the politicians for 'bickering amongst themselves' instead of finding solutions.
'That just goes to show the point that you are overlooking the murder of women out here. You're putting politics above these people behind me. How dare you?' he said.
Criminologist Vincent Hurley lashed the politicians on a Q&A panel on Monday night for 'bickering amongst themselves' during a discussion about domestic violence
Mr Hurley said men with a history of any form of domestic violence should not be given bail (pictured, Q&A host Patricia Karvelas, Minister Murray Watt and Senator Bridget McKenzie)
'How dare you go into politics, in an environment like this, when one woman is murdered every four days and all you two can do is immediately talk about politics?
'That is just disgraceful.
'Is it any wonder frontline services aren't getting the money that they want?'
Mr Hurley said federal spending on frontline services was laughable when compared to the government's $300billion investment in the AUKUS submarine deal.
'For God's sake, how long do we have to listen to politicians like you and the rest of you high-horsing about 'We have to have a royal commission', 'We have to do this'. Everyone here knows what the answer is,' he continued.
Q&A host Patricia Karvelas asked Mr Hurley for his recommendations.
'If a male has a history of crimes of violence, of any form of domestic violence, coercion, physical, emotional, they should not have the presumption of bail,' he said.
'They should not get bail. At all. There will be people who vehemently disagree about the
