You can’t fight youth crime if you won’t admit there’s a problem
Where you have a denial of the obvious, then there is little hope of eliciting an appropriate response, writes Terry Goldsworthy.
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.
This was a chance to go to war. Instead, Steven Miles danced
Steven Miles could have handed the LNP a rare slapdown, but instead he served up a tap-dancing masterclass, writes state political editor Hayden Johnson.
2000 more cops: Police union’s call amid LNP youth justice pledge
The Queensland Police Union has called for more police and child safety officers as the LNP pledges tougher sentences for juvenile offenders.
Youth crime fix must be about more than winning votes
Labor’s approach to the youth crime crisis has been pathetic, but while the LNP’s latest policy may win votes, it’s unlikely to fix the real problem, writes Kylie Lang.
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