Queensland parliament will debate a motion surrounding the use of GPS monitoring devices for youth offenders after only one was fitted since the controversial trial began in May.
Greens MP Michael Berkeman is moving to disallow the regulation allowing 16 and 17 year olds in specific local government areas to be fitted with the device.
Since the measure was legalised in Queensland, only four devices have been attempted to be fitted, with one done successfully.
The devices have also only been used on Indigenous youth and recidivist offenders throughout the state.
Since May, Queensland magistrates have been allowed to issue GPS monitoring devices to repeat offenders aged 16 and 17 as a condition of bail.
To be fitted for GPS trackers, teens must be charged with a serious offence and have previously been convicted of a serious offence.
The trial is under way in Townsville, North Brisbane, Moreton, Logan and the Gold Coast.
"Not only was this trial of GPS trackers for 16- and 17-year-old kids always a baseless, politically-motivated attack on some of the most vulnerable kids in Queensland, but it's been an absolute failure by the government's own measures," Mr Berkman said.
"I'm giving the Labor government an opportunity to scrap their failed experiment while we have the chance."
Mr Berkman has been strongly opposed to the trial since its inception, adding there was no evidence pointing towards a reduction in youth crime with their implementation.
He has pointed the finger at the state government, saying the laws instead prompt racialised violence, vigilantism, and reduced young people's ability to engage with education, employment and support services.
"The government thought they could wordsmith away the racist nature of these laws by removing the word "tracking" from the bill, but they can't sanitise the facts," he added.
"These kids do not deserve to be the government's guinea pigs."
The Labor government insists only a group of 400 "hardcore recidivist" offenders are being targeted.
The motion will be debated on Tuesday evening in parliament.
