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The Latest Breaking News from Jack Beasley

Victorian Liberals must unite or face ‘crisis’, president warns as moderates swat away challenge for power

Philip Davis pleads for rival groups to ‘kiss and make up’ after divisive campaign to replace him

The Guardian - AU

Double murder ramps up calls for tougher knife laws

Drums are beating louder for broader search powers to curb knife crime after two fatal stabbings as a government insists state laws are effective.

AAP

Slain boy's dad pleads for greater community protection

Mourners have gathered near the site where two boys were stabbed to death, urging for greater community efforts to stop the surge in youth crime.

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'Promise to Jack': parents warn about fatal knife crime

Hard truths about dabbling with deadly weapons are being delivered by the parents of slain teen Jack Beasley after an escalation in youth stabbings.

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The Jack’s Law expansion is a symbolic step – it’s not a solution to knife crime

Laws just passed in Queensland give police unprecedented powers to scan people with a handheld wand and potentially search them in all public places, without needing a warrant or reasonable suspicion.

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Landmark weapons search laws made permanent

Landmark laws allowing Queensland Police to search people for weapons in public places have been made permanent.

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Expanded ‘Jack’s law’ police powers could lead to further ‘surveillance and harassment’ of some Queenslanders, expert warns

LNP moves to allow police to detain and search people with metal detecting wand in any public place and remove sunset clause

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Weapon search laws under fire in crime-hit state

Police search powers are set to become permanent in a crime-hit state after grabbing national attention, prompting a backlash from a civil liberties group.

AAP

No safer place for Schoolies, police minister says

As school leavers party hard on the Gold Coast, an anti-youth violence organisation is carrying out scans to ensure the teens aren't carrying weapons.

AAP

Knife search powers widened, new rules for youth crime

Police will be able to search for knives in shopping centres, sports stadiums and public transport under expanded laws.

AAP

Police to be given new powers to randomly scan people for knives under NSW government proposal

Legislation to be based on Queensland law introduced last year in response to stabbing of teenager in 2019

The Guardian - AU

'Envy of other states': Qld police hail wanding laws

One year after police stop-and-search powers were expanded in Queensland, more than 500 weapons have been removed from the streets.

AAP

State bans sale of knives and replica guns to minors

Replica guns, knives and other edged weapons can no longer be sold to minors after legislation was brought forward in a bid to crack down on youth crime.

AAP

Hundreds of weapons seized under new search laws

More than 400 weapons have been seized under new laws in Queensland including tomahawks, knuckle dusters and butcher's knives, police say.

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Qld to ban sale of knives and fake guns to under 18s

Laws banning the sale of fake weapons, knives and other bladed items to juveniles are being introduced in Queensland, in a bid to crackdown on youth crime.

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A machete, knives and a knuckleduster seized in Queensland knife crackdown

A new law gives Queensland police the power to stop and scan people for knives in some public places, and what they found in a weekend blitz is concerning.

ABC News

Court rejects teenager's application to appeal 10-year sentence for murder of Jack Beasley

The teenager – who cannot be identified because he was a child at the time of the offence – was sentenced in August 2022, but his counsel applied to have that reduced in the Court of Appeal.

AAP

New powers for Qld police in knife crackdown

New Queensland laws expanding random search powers by police have been passed by state parliament.

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Jack's Law passes Queensland parliament, giving police 'incredibly robust' powers to deter knife crime

Police will have extraordinary powers to randomly stop and search people for knives and other weapons on public transport and in nightclub precincts across Queensland under new laws passed in parliament.

ABC News

Parents of Gold Coast stabbing victim Jack Beasley push to expand police powers

Brett and Belinda Beasley have been fighting to end knife crime since their 17-year-old son, Jack, was stabbed to death in 2019. This week legislation to expand police power is being debated in Queensland.

ABC News

Number of youths found carrying knives increasing, with senior Queensland police at 'wits end'

A senior police officer vents frustration over a rise in the number of young people found carrying knives — up 21 per cent in a year.

The Guardian - AU

Racial profiling fears raised as Queensland seeks to expand police search powers

Bill allows officers in certain locations to search people for weapons without having reasonable suspicion

ABC News

Teenager sentenced to 10 years in prison over fatal stabbing of Jack Beasley on Gold Coast

A 17-year-old boy who fatally stabbed teenager Jack Beasley at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in 2019 is sentenced to ten years in prison. Mr Beasley's mother called the culprits "cowards" who left her son to "die on the footpath".

AAP

Teens jailed over stabbing of 17-year-old

Two boys have been jailed after 17-year-old Jack Beasley was fatally stabbed on the Gold Coast when a fight broke out between two groups in 2019.

AAP

Teens found not guilty over GC stabbing

Three teenagers charged over 17-year-old Jack Beasley's fatal stabbing on the Gold Coast in December 2019 have walked free from court.

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