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Minister for youth justice and corrective services Laura Gerber with police minister Dan Purdie at the opening of the Wacol Youth Remand Centre on Saturday morning.

Remand centre for young offenders finally opens in Brisbane

The 76-bed Wacol facility, announced under the Palaszczuk government, will reduce the strain on the state’s watchhouses and help youths develop new skills.

  • Courtney Kruk

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NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb at Sandy Beach Reserve, by Macquarie River, Dubbo.

‘We’re going to lose a generation of children’: Webb declares war on youth crime

Some children are committing break and enters, posing for photos while holding machetes over victims’ sleeping bodies and boasting about it on social media.

  • Amber Schultz
Jacinta Allan on Wednesday.

Machetes banned, police stop-and-search powers expanded in crime crackdown

Jacinta Allan is expected to make more announcements on crime to increase police powers and deter people from showcasing their crimes on social media.

  • Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Daniella White
Teens Take Control founder Brenden Wilkins (right) with education coordinator Darren Clark (left).

‘We swear if they get lazy’: The classroom alternative with an unconventional approach

At this Queensland program for troubled teens, the “curriculum” is delivered on the gym floor through fitness and martial arts classes.

  • Courtney Kruk
Queensland’s chief police union says domestic and family violence reporting is creating unmanageable workloads and draining resources, leading to more officers leaving the force.

Police need hundreds more officers as domestic violence calls skyrocket

The state’s top police union says officers are responding to more than 500 domestic and family violence-related occurrences a day, with the number expected to grow.

  • Courtney Kruk
The report noted the average daily number of kids in youth detention rose again in 2023-24 to 286 – 86 per cent were on remand.

Kids being kept in cells with adults for weeks

Queensland kids are being detained in adult watchhouses when they have been recently arrested or while on remand, due to overcrowding at the state’s three youth detention facilities.

  • Savannah Meacham
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Senior police have defended claims of the Gold Coast district being under-resourced.

Boy arrested after break-in spree faces ‘adult crime, adult time’

The 16-year-old has been charged after a string of break-ins at businesses across Ipswich and south Brisbane this month.

  • Cameron Atfield
A 15-year-old boy accused of a terrifying machete attack and armed robbery in St Kilda

Boy, 15, accused of slashing man with machete in St Kilda shows ‘no sign of slowing down’

A teenager who allegedly slashed a stranger across the head with a machete on a busy St Kilda street to steal a car wants to be freed on bail following an alleged nine-month crime spree.

  • Erin Pearson
Accommodation cells in the Boys’ unit at the Cairns watch-house taken from the ‘Cairns and Murgon watch‑houses inspection report’ delivered September, 2024.

Queensland’s tough youth crime agenda slammed in human rights report

Significant concerns are held for children in contact with Australia’s youth justice system, including those held in custody in adult facilities in Queensland.

  • Courtney Kruk
Cassandra Renfrey’s son Connor is enrolled at a school for disengaged kids which is having to turn students away.

The school of last resort saved Cassandra’s son. Lack of space means others are turned away

The Pavilion School in Epping was a lifeline for teen Connor Renfrey, but dozens of young people are languishing on a waiting list.

  • Alex Crowe

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