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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

Queensland police generic. Picture: File

Police & Courts

Revealed: The people most likely to kill you, as Qld worst in nation for deadly trend

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

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ANZAC Day Parade march in the Brisbane City featuring former and current ADF veterans and other groups that contribute to the Parade that make it the commemoration worthy of its heritage.Leader of the Opposition of Queensland David Crisafulli.Picture: Nigel Hallett

OpinionOpinion

Opposition’s real war is making Qlders feel safe again

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, David Crisafulli is living on cloud nine, writes state political editor, Hayden Johnson.

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EXCLUSIVEQLD Politics

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

AnalysisOpinion

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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UpdatedQLD Politics

The Women's Safety and Justice Taskforce is in town, chaired by Margaret McMurdo .The taskforce is talking to survivors of domestic vioelnce and domestic violence agencies about their experiences with the system. Picture Glenn Hampson

‘Race to the bottom’: Plea over heavy-handed youth justice move

In an open letter to Qld politicians, Margaret McMurdo slams the “law and order” focus on young offenders. But the Acting Premier says some of the criticism is unfair.

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Margaret McMurdo is calling for both sides of politics to work together on youth justice laws.

Stop this mad race to the bottom on youth justice

Both sides of politics in Queensland need to end the race to the bottom on youth justice issues and instead jointly adopt policies that are known to work, writes Margaret McMurdo.

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BRISBANE AUSTRALIA 24/08/2023 Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk during question time at Queensland Parliament.Picture: NcaNewsWire/Glenn Campbell

Warning: Qld could be forced into big pay outs after youth justice move

Extraordinary new laws stripping children of their rights will open the state government up to civil claims and potential pay outs, leading lawyers warn.

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Karl Stefanovic has unleashed on Annastacia Palaszczuk over the state’s crime crisis, accusing her of “running scared” from a spike in youth offenders. In a fiery interview, the Today host warned the Premier was “losing the people” over urgent law changes allowing children to be locked up in adult prisons. “Seven out of 10 are re-offending. The bail laws aren't working, the punishment or lack thereof, it's just not working,”

Editor’s view: Labor faithful must lament a govt that’s lost its way

The clock is ticking on a government that has lost its way. Change must come, and all who believe in the Labor movement must demand it, writes the editor.

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Police & Courts

Brisbane Youth Detention Centre, Wacol, where COVID-19 has been detected. Photographer: Liam Kidston

Kids held ‘indefinitely’ as watch houses to become youth prisons

Queensland’s police watch houses will be declared official youth prisons under an extraordinary suite of emergency laws which override the human rights act.

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Blindsided: Crime victim dragged into secret meeting alone with Premier

Hours after the Premier snubbed a rally, it has emerged the husband of Emma Lovell was dragged into a secret one-on-one under false pretences.

Police & Courts

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Youth crime shockwave as crackdown targets slip away

Key metrics that experts said would lead to a reduction in youth crime are actually getting worse, despite the state government’s pledge to crack down on the scourge, new figures show.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 21, 2023: Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk speaks to the media before the Labor caucus meeting in Brisbane. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Yet another lost shot at being honest

Despite promising to make these crucial youth justice statistics known, neither the Premier, the Youth Justice Minister nor Police Minister have said a word, writes Stephanie Bennett.

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Generic Thinkstock image of youth crime - hand cuffs teenager under arrest.

Editor’s view: Numbers just appalling as govt fails to arrest youth crime

Queensland’s youth crime crisis is not getting any better, and the statistics show that in black and white, writes the editor.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - MARCH 15, 2023.KAP Queensland leader Robbie Katter (2nd right), joined by (L to R) Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter, Shane Knuth and Nick Dametto, speaks to the media at Parliament House. Picture: Dan Peled / NCA NewsWire

Katter’s radical youth crime crisis solution: Send them to the bush

Katter’s Australian Party has launched a bold plan designed to intensively rehabilitate youth offenders as the state battles a crime scourge.

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