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South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has today condemned the actions of the teenagers at the centre of an affray in Westfield Marion, and expressed deep concern that young people have forgotten the basic rules of all-in brawls.
“As a former trolley boy, I am familiar with this kind of needless animosity between groups of at-risk young men” said Malinauskas.
“But never in my life would I imagine that my fellow West Adelaideans would be so stupid to do it in full view of families and seccies”
This comes as SA Police confirmed the arrests of two teenage boys, aged 15 and 16, who have been charged with assault, affray and aggravated robbery, in relation to a food court brawl that sent Westfield Marion shopping centre into lockdown on Sunday.
Police say just before 3pm on Sunday, two groups of boys were fighting in the food court of the shopping centre, with reports some had been carrying batons.
Management activated an alert and evacuation alarm, and the centre went into lockdown as a number of police swarmed the centre.
Concerns have since been raised about a potential competency crisis amongst hardheaded Adelaide teenagers, who chose to walk past a perfectly good shopping centre car park and instead conduct their pointless brawl in front of CCTV cameras and shoppers with iPhones.
This has left the South Australian Premier with no option but to officially outline the rules of punching on at the shops, for the TikTok generation who seem more interested in social media gratification.
As the son of fish and chip operators who entered politics after a career as a trolley boy, checkout operator and night filler, Malinauskas has both taken part in and adjudicated his fair share of brawls between teenagers.
He says the first rule is to keep it away from the general public.
“I get it, the Westfield makes sense for two groups to meet up and settle their differences. There’s adequate public transport and fast food options”
“But keep it in the fucken car park. Families don’t need to see this shit. And the men and women who have given up their Sundays to work don’t need to be dealing with you little fucks.”
“Other than that, no kicking anyone who’s done. No dog shots. No filming this shit. No posting this shit. And no weapons other than trolley poles”
“And if you don’t know how to remove the handle from a Woolies trolley then maybe you aren’t really about this life lad”
