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.
A deadly home invasion and the Wieambilla massacre have put Queensland ahead of all other states for one type of homicide, but the grim toll still falls behind our state’s biggest killer. YOUTH CRIME STATS
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, David Crisafulli is living on cloud nine, writes state political editor, Hayden Johnson.
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.
Steven Miles will straddle a fine line when he releases the government’s community safety plan, writes state political editor Hayden Johnson.
The Palaszczuk government has been accused of failing to have a plan to address the youth crime crisis after it was revealed a review of a major strategy was nearly six months overdue.
Children held in windowless police watch house cells are experiencing “full breakdowns”, with human rights commissioners revealing grim scenes of shocking diets and well-meaning police officers who are receiving no training to deal with juveniles.
There are calls for social media giants to ban juvenile criminals from posting about their law-breaking activities, as tough new laws nab 90 youths.
The nation and its states are battling a leadership crisis, poorly served by a mediocre bunch of also-rans, writes Mike O’Connor.
A whistleblower has provided a rare and explosive insight into a youth detention centre, exposing what goes down inside what he likens to “holiday camps”.
Locking up kid criminals in adult watch houses will lead to further threats of crime across the state, exasperated community leaders warn ahead of a youth justice roundtable.
The Palaszczuk government’s tough on youth crime stance has been accused of falling flat – and many seem to agree. JOIN THE CONVERSATION
Youth Justice Minister Di Farmer says it is up the courts, not politicians, to impose harsher sentences, amid damning new Queensland revelations.
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