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As a valued reader of The Courier-Mail, please enjoy this exclusive preview of tomorrow’s front and back pages.

Tomorrow’s front and back pages tonight

AS A VALUED reader of The Courier-Mail, please enjoy this exclusive preview of tomorrow’s front and back pages.

— Chris Jones, Editor

GOVERNMENT BLAMES COURTS FOR YOUTH CRIME CHAOS

THE Palaszczuk Government has launched an extraordinary attack on the judiciary, blaming them, rather than its own laws, for out-of-control youth crime.

Announcing a $15 million “five-point plan” to deal with child criminals repeatedly flouting the law, Police Minister Mark Ryan gave a stinging rebuke to magistrates he said weren’t keeping with the spirit of the new Youth Justice Act to maintain public safety and were letting too many “hardcore” offenders out on bail.

But Queensland Law Society president Luke Murphy said magistrates were simply following the laws.

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CROFT TAKES LEAD ROLE IN HIS STRIDE

BRODIE Croft has promised to put his stamp on the Broncos after being thrust the club’s co-captaincy in his first NRL game for Brisbane.

Croft and Patrick Carrigan will lead the Broncos in Friday night’s blockbuster NRL season-opener against the Cowboys at North Queensland’s new stadium in Townsville.

Carrigan, 22, will become the least experienced captain in NRL history when he leads the Broncos in just his 20th first grade appearance.

Croft, 22, played 39 NRL games for Melbourne before being released by the Storm to join Brisbane last December.

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