Juvenile justice
Crisafulli uses new data to defend youth crime laws ‘incompatible’ with human rights
Premier David Crisafulli has defended his government’s new youth crime laws after his own attorney-general conceded they would be a violation of human rights.
- by Cameron Atfield
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LNP MPs rubber-stamp controversial youth justice changes for vote
A parliamentary committee tasked with brief scrutiny of the hardline proposed laws have waded through hearings and 186 submissions. The verdict split along party lines.
- by Matt Dennien
Perspective
Perspective
Victims support harsher sentencing, but it’s not all they want
The LNP is standing firm on its plan to cement “consequences for actions” and punish young offenders. Will it deliver what victims of violent crime say is missing?
- by Courtney Kruk
Crisafulli says critics of youth justice bill are part of the problem
The rushed and contentious laws have been defended by Queensland’s new premier, as public consultation ends just days after the full details were released.
- by Matt Dennien
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Government
Promising humility, the LNP launch parliament with hubris
Premier David Crisafulli and his team were clear before the election, and since – they would do what they said. Thursday proved this to be only partially true.
- by Matt Dennien
Perspective
Queensland votes
How the pressure of an election campaign can turn a small target big
With 11 days down, and voting about to open, Queensland’s major party leaders are just two weeks from polling day – and the unrelenting spotlight has narrowed.
- by Matt Dennien
‘Absolute joke’: Teens’ sentence for Uber driver’s stabbing death draws anger
As a driver for hire, the 47-year-old was “an on-call victim” for the then teens, who stabbed him seven times during a robbery.
- by Rex Martinich
‘Cheap tactics’: Legal figures reject LNP’s latest Qld youth crime pitch
The party would change the way a child’s criminal history could be recorded and used in court. But experts say it won’t make people safer.
- by Matt Dennien
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Perth
Reform WA’s ‘unlawful’ youth justice system now, Law Society demands
WA’s peak legal advocacy body has demanded the state review the youth justice system after two teenagers in one year took their own lives in Perth custody.
- by Jesinta Burton
LNP seeks mandate to pass youth crime laws this year
With just two parliamentary weeks due after October’s election, David Crisafulli’s new youth justice laws would be subject to only brief oversight, if he were to be elected premier.
- by Matt Dennien
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Queensland votes
Crisafulli gains more ground with voters as Labor support slides again
Primary vote support for Queensland Labor has fallen to more than 20 percentage points below the LNP before October’s election, new Brisbane Times polling shows.
- by Matt Dennien