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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.

Enough is Enough

Project Booyah police coordinator Senior Constable Greg Newman with Marshall.

Police & Courts

Stolen childhoods: DV robbing half of Qld’s youth offenders

At the age of just 13, Marshall was thrown out by his mother after being abused by both parents. He is one of thousands of Queensland youths in the same horror situation. What’s different, is how his story has played out since.

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Logan Crime Reduction Unit target youth offenders in property crime blitz Picture Queensland Police

‘Most expensive, least effective’: Report reveals Qld’s catastrophic youth detention figures

A new report claims youth detention in Queensland isn’t working, with up to 96 per cent of offenders committing more crimes within 12 months of being released

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Police & Courts

Youth boot camps: Steven Miles ‘largely agrees’ with ex-judge’s demands

Premier Steven Miles says he will meet with retired Judge Clive Wall after calls for action to beef up laws, including trialling youth boot camps and three to a cell.

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Acting Assistant Commissioner Andrew Massingham addresses the media about youth crime statistics, Police HQ Brisbane. Picture: Liam Kidston

‘It’s working’: Youth crime squad claims win with 1200 charges

A Queensland Police fly-in,fly-out youth crime squad could become a permanent asset as the service reveals a hefty drop in the number of serious repeat offenders.

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Sexual assault, verbal abuse: Shock claims on kids held in watch houses

Young boys are being sexually assaulted and young girls are suffering verbal abuse from male inmates in police watch houses, an advocate claims, with some forced to stay in the facilities for up to a month.

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Premier Steven Miles will inspect the Townsville Police helicopter. Picture: Evan Morgan

Miles walking a tightrope with community safety plan

Steven Miles will straddle a fine line when he releases the government’s community safety plan, writes state political editor Hayden Johnson.

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QLD's new Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski at Townsville Airport. Picture: Evan Morgan

Will rank and file cop him? New commissioner has his work cut out

There will be no honeymoon period for new police commissioner Steve Gollschewski, writes Terry Goldsworthy.

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Police & Courts

Premier Steven Miles discussing youth crime with Matt Shirvington on Sunrise.

‘If you’ve got any chance …’: Shirvo’s brutal swipe at Steven Miles

Sunrise host Matt Shirvington has fired a warning shot at Steven Miles, telling the Premier there is one key issue he must fix to stand a chance of winning the October election. VOTE IN OUR POLL

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File picture of a youth holding a knife.

Gag media, avoid detention: The youth crime report LNP refused to endorse

Members of the now disbanded Youth Justice Reform Select Committee wanted to gag the media from reporting on youth crime, it can be revealed, an accusation rejected by a Labor MP.

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Jim McDonald MP, Qld Parliament Question Time, Brisbane. Picture: Liam Kidston

‘Absolute disgrace’: Labor moves to kill deadlocked crime committee

A war of words has erupted after Labor moved to dissolve a parliamentary youth crime committee amid an impasse with LNP members.

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Police & Courts

Queensland Chief Justice Helen Bowskill is seen during the swearing in ceremony for Supreme Court judge Lincoln Crowley (left) at the Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law in Brisbane, Monday, June 13, 2022. Australia's first Indigenous Supreme Court judge Lincoln Crowley has been sworn in at a public ceremony in Brisbane. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

Legal heavyweights defend court role amid youth crime crisis

Queensland legal identities have weighed in on the treatment of youth offenders in the state’s court system, one saying the separation of powers must be upheld so judges can make decisions “free from political interference”.

Police & Courts

Magistrate Mark Bucknall has backed the stateâs courts to tackle the mounting youth crime crisis as he revoked the bail of a 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing another teen in the face.

Premier’s backing: Magistrate’s message on youth crime as he revokes teen’s bail

A magistrate has revoked the bail of a 16-year-old stabbing accused, saying tough sentencing is available and courts must consider where community safety ‘trumps’ keeping juveniles out of jail. And he has the Premier’s support.

***Exclusive*****Premier Steven Miles with Fortescue workers in Gladstone . Pic Annette Dew BYLINE - Annette Dew/Office of the Premier

Breastfeeding bad, violent crime okay: Premier blasts tech giants’ profit motives

Social media giants like Meta could use their powerful algorithms to stamp out videos of violent youth crime, but choose not to because it makes them money, Premier Steven Miles says.

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Police & Courts

The Digital Intelligence and Community Engagement Team within QPS have successfully helped police track down and charge offenders who were posting their crimes to social media.

Cops’ secret weapon against brazen juvenile crime livestreaming

Police are turning the tables on “post and boast” juvenile offenders, using their social media activity against them.

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