13 arrests, 69 charges – but tougher sentencing ‘saved my boy’
A woman who six months ago asked for her carjacking son to be locked up says harsher sentencing and other support has helped rehabilitate him.
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.
Qld postcodes where kid crims can now live with ankle trackers
Queensland will expand its trial of GPS trackers to three more cities, allowing juvenile offenders to live in the community. SEE WHERE
Editor’s view: Accused teens laughing in the face of justice
The very public defiance shown by alleged teen criminals marks a new and deeply disturbing mentality, writes the editor.
‘Think we’re idiots?’ Dad of youth crime victim slams deckchair shuffle
The father of a teenager murdered by two youths has blasted Queensland’s ministerial reshuffle, saying nothing will change.
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Paul Murray Youth Crime Special: ‘This is why we’re here’
Sky News host Paul Murray has broadcast live from Toowoomba, bringing a new focus on youth crime in Queensland, with a powerful statement on “why we are here”.
‘We are the victims’: Widow calls for harsher youth crime laws
‘Kids are just getting a slap on the wrist’: The widow of a man killed by an allegedly stolen car driven by two teens has demanded harsher youth crime penalties as her innocent family pays a harrowing emotional and financial price.
‘Realistic and achievable’: Government and Opposition agree on youth crime pledge
The Palaszczuk Government has pledged to transparently publish the rate of youth reoffending, Indigenous young people in detention and the proportion of serious repeat offenders – with the goal of driving these numbers down – as a direct result of the Enough is Enough campaign.
Dear Premier: Enough is Enough on Qld youth crime crisis
We are supposed to live in the Sunshine State, not a state of fear. Yet the youth crime scourge is now so ever-present that all Queenslanders – no matter where they live – are worried they could be next. Join our Enough is Enough campaign to see real justice done.
Editors’ view: It’s time to end this scourge
Today, our Queensland editors 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.
Two years of fear: The victims of Qld’s youth crime crisis
These are the faces of those who have died at the hands of out-of -control youths over the past two years. It is in their memory that we say enough is enough and call for effective change to rein in the scourge of youth crime.
Youth crime backflip: Qld to reintroduce breach of bail as an offence
The Palaszczuk government has backflipped on a contentious youth crime reform and will sensationally reintroduce breach of bail as an offence after repeatedly saying it would not be effective.
‘Lock him up’: Mum’s plea as 13yo crim son out of control
A Brisbane mother wants her 13-year-old car-stealing son locked up, before he or an innocent bystander is killed.
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