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.
Police will be able to use their discretion when utilising new wanding powers under Queensland’s latest strategy to tackle youth crime, meaning people walking into McDonald’s and service stations may be searched.
Steven Miles’ move to axe detention as a last resort could become a core moment in the election battle, writes state political editor Hayden Johnson.
Steven Miles will today unveil his government’s Community Safety Plan six months out from an election tipped to be fought on the issue of crime. QUESTION TIME LIVE
Queenslanders have lost faith in the government’s ability to fight crime and overwhelmingly believe the state would be safer under a new government, new polling reveals.
Families of victims killed by youth offenders will be given greater access to the courtroom, and journalists will be able to report what happens, under a commitment by Premier Steven Miles to rewrite controversial laws restricting scrutiny.
The attorney-general who in 2016 sponsored restrictions to the principle of open justice is now tasked with undoing them, writes the editor.
Yes, there’s a separation of powers, but politicians should be able to question bewildering judicial decisions, writes Robert Schwarten.
This has been a long time coming but nothing that has been done has lessened the steady erosion of the right of people to feel safe in their homes or on the street, writes Mike O’Connor.
The banning of the sale of knives to children is set to be brought forward as part of a string of fast-tracked youth crime initiatives, Premier Steven Miles has announced.
Premier Steven Miles has taken the unprecedented step of inviting the Police Commissioner to personally brief state cabinet on plans to tackle the state’s spiralling crime crisis.
Assaults, break-ins and car thefts are on the rise in Queensland, contributing to the state’s highest crime rate in more than 20 years.
Queenslanders feel less safe in their homes than they did three years ago, with almost 80 per cent either a victim of crime or knowing someone who has been. FULL SURVEY
Original URL: https://www.couriermail.com.au/topics/enough-is-enough/page/8