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Expansion to include 15-year-olds is part of a suite of measures to crack down on youth crime, including making breach of bail an offence for childrenGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government has…
Legal groups also criticise the push to override the state’s Human Rights Act to create the offenceFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastExperts say there is z…
Scott McDougall alarmed at Palaszczuk government plan to make breach of bail an offence for childrenGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland human rights commissioner says he is “deeply concerned” at the s…
Police minister Mark Ryan says the government accepts that its new laws ‘are incompatible with human rights’Why locking up youth offenders fails to reduce crime – and what we should be doing insteadFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest upd…
With youth prisons full, there are fears the new laws will lead to an ‘explosion’ of children in adult watch housesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government will begin charging children with crim…
This blog is now closed. Follow our next Australia news live blog here when it launchesTwo men trapped underground at outback Queensland mine site found deadGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhere the parties stan…
Human Rights Act could be key factor in appeal against the release of a group of youths in TownsvilleGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government’s appeal against the release of several children det…
Ministers and police commissioner will attend community forum in Toowoomba as high profile youth crimes put Palaszczuk government under pressureFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free ap…
Steven Miles said a magistrate’s decision to release children locked in Townsville watch house was ‘a media stunt’Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueensl…
Exclusive: Queensland Police Service ‘exploring its legal options’ after several children granted bailFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Townsville magist…