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.
Taxi and rideshare drivers are refusing jobs due to safety concerns amid the youth crime crisis plaguing the state, exacerbating driver shortages. One driver has spoken of his alleged assault, calling the police reaction “bulls**t”.
Juvenile gang members are contacting each other from inside Queensland’s youth detention centres to orchestrate attacks against fellow prisoners and staff, it can be revealed, cheating the system to do it.
New data has revealed an astonishing number of bail breaches by young Queensland criminals who are roaming the streets “freewheeling” with no consequences.
Social media platforms can be hit with fines of up to $1.5m for failing to remove videos glorifying crime or violence in Queensland, under harsh new proposed takedown laws.
A Queensland mother is scared to live in her own home after having to watch a livestream of juvenile offenders who stole her car, torched it, and boasted to social media as they drove at lethal speeds.
Shocking online discoveries have revealed how juvenile offenders are using social media to climb the criminal ladder, as a special investigation uncovers young criminals’ activities in the state’s most crime-riddled city.
Premier Steven Miles will write to social media giant Meta to raise his concerns about its platforms’ “shameless” promotion of violent crimes.
The outgoing police commissioner says she believes standing down a Gold Coast cop was “definitely the right decision” having reviewed footage of a pursuit.
One of the teens involved in a stolen car chase that led to a decorated police officer being controversially stood down is suspected of committing offences as recently as Wednesday.
There may be sound administrative reasons for disciplinary action against Sen Sgt Arron Ottoway, but none of them will pass the pub test, writes the editor.
The state government will release youth reoffender and detention data more regularly after The Courier-Mail queried its pledge of a year ago.
Whether prompted by our inquiries or just a case of incredible timing by the minister, Queenslanders will now be able to make more informed decisions about youth crime, writes the editor.
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