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Premier David Crisafulli has defended the absence of attempted murder as an offence under the state’s new ‘adult crime, adult time’ laws, rejecting claims Queenslanders are no safer than they were before.
With the rollout of hybrid vehicles police may be less than eager to engage in any urgent-duty driving, writes Terry Goldsworthy.
Calls for Shannon Fentiman to step down as minister were nowhere near as absurd as the one she made on Monday, writes the editor.
The first arrest statistics since the LNP Government’s flagship Making Queensland Safer Laws were introduced have been revealed, along with a stark warning from the state’s Police Commissioner.
Queensland’s newest youth remand facility is on track to be built before the end of the year, but the cost has increased and the first offenders won’t sit in its cells for several months.
Queensland juvenile offenders who breached their bail conditions were given a slap on the wrist by the courts, with three-quarters only given a reprimand.
While a leading human rights advocate admits some juvenile offenders must be locked up, she says increased rates of incarceration may only make the youth crime crisis worse. WELCOME TO HIGH STEAKS
Queenslanders have long suspected that juvenile offenders who breach bail are treated too leniently. Now they know for sure, writes the editor.
Opposition Leader David Crisafulli reveals $40m “early intervention fund” to help school drop-outs from turning to a life of crime.
Two youth justice schools aimed at keeping at-risk teen youth off the streets could open in Queensland if the LNP win government next month. But Premier Steven Miles says it will amount to a cut in education support for repeat offenders.
A Courier-Mail journalist was barred from publishing information on every youth crime case at a local Queensland court and now the magistrate’s boss has responded.
Former Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey has challenged both sides of politics to make it clear to the public what are their policies on crime.
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