Assistant minister hoses down talk of defection over youth crime
Bruce Saunders has moved to assure Labor colleagues he would not defect to Katter’s Australian Party over the youth crime issue. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Enough is Enough
Queensland newspapers join forces with a message for our politicians, on behalf of our communities. This is not the state we want – one in the grip of a youth crime epidemic so widespread that readers from the border north to the Cape live in fear that it will be their car, their home or their life that is taken next.
The poll numbers that show Miles has his work cut out on crime
In politics, perception becomes truth – and there’s a perception among Queenslanders that it’s only a matter of time before they join the list of youth crime victims, writes state political editor Hayden Johnson.
Editor’s view: Game-changer that should cement Miles’s legacy
After nine wasted years by the Labor government, new premier Steven Miles has taken an approach to youth crime that could be a game-changer, writes the editor.
Katarina Carroll breaks silence over cop’s stand-down saga
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll says she’s disappointed in how an officer’s standing down has been handled as talks with the union to resolve the issue begin.
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‘Couldn’t have waited’: Inside story of Labor’s shock reshuffle
A shuffle of the Palaszczuk’s government’s frontbench had been building behind the scenes for weeks, but it wasn’t just voters who were caught out by the news of a major Cabinet shake-up.
Editor’s view: The reshuffle Labor had to have to survive
A reset on the state’s three most critical issues is necessary, and it is good the Premier has finally come to acknowledge it, writes the editor.
‘No end in sight’: Dutton blasts tech giants over youth crime
The youth crime crisis in Queensland is ‘out of control’ and being inflamed by social media, Opposition leader Peter Dutton has declared, as he demands tech giants step up.
Palaszczuk already losing youth justice conversation so why not try to control it?
Annastacia Palaszczuk doesn’t want a probe into Queensland’s youth crime problem because she’ll worry the LNP will seize on any negatives and use them against Labor in the election, writes Jessica Marszalek.
More than 70 serious youth crims shacked up in our suburbs
More than 70 of Queensland’s serious youth offenders are living in “melting pot” state-run care homes on suburban streets where they’re enticed into committing crimes, as facilities struggle to cope.
Top brass join officers to keep knives off the streets of Cairns
Queensland Police’s top brass have joined in a demonstration of powerful new laws that give police the ability to stop and search members of the public in Cairns’ Safe Night Precinct. Here’s what they found.
‘What are they getting up to?’: School youth crime fears
A major school issue has been linked to Queensland’s youth crime fears in another worry for the state.
‘Massive impact’: Community-led patrols combat youth crime
Residents on Palm Island have taken spiralling youth crime issues into their own hands with a new night patrol group that’s already seen an “extraordinary” reduction in property crime.
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