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Amanda Stoker

Queensland’s youth crime and no punishment crisis is no beat-up

Premier Steven Miles’ glib line is to “throw the book” at young offenders, but “the book” – the Youth Justice Act – that Labor wrote is part of the problem.

Amanda StokerFormer senator

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A grandmother taking her granddaughter shopping should be the most ordinary thing.

So it’s no wonder that Queenslanders are shocked and frightened by the stabbing murder of Vyleen White in the car park of a shopping centre in front of her granddaughter. Five young people have been arrested in relation to the incident, two aged 15 and three aged 16.

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Amanda Stoker is a former senator and assistant minister to the Attorney General. She is the preselected LNP candidate for the Queensland state seat of Oodgeroo.

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