Bellingen

ACA reporter Kate Donnison claimed that the lack of Police has a town out of control. The youth of the town run havoc on the streets, breaking into shops and looting stock while there is nobody there to stop them.  A vigilante group was formed in the town to do  the work of the police.

This has angered the youth of Bellingen as they say the report  is a distorted view of the young people of the the Town.

Luke Franklin of Bellingen was upset by the report and posted on a  chat site after the story went to air:

“Oh bugger! Bello as just on A Current Affair!
And it was about the youth breakins here, made us look like bogan ville
bloody hell, ACA made all the youth here look like delinquents”

One Youth of the town  Ty Leech created  a Facebook Group Youth of Bellingen coming together to make this place better. The group now has 97 members and are now pushing to start a youth club. All the youth are contributing ideas on how to raise funds and create activities for them.

According to the Facebook Group Cr Kerry Child (Deputy Mayor) is meeting with the youth to help form a working committee.

Bellingen is a small tourist town in NSW with a population of 2170 and the Bellingen Shire Council support many youth initiatives.