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Powerpoint and politics: inside Queensland Labor’s shock decision to lock up children for breaching bail

Government claims a bipartisan approach to respond to community concerns, but experts warn of increased pressure on the buckling youth detention system

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‘Life and death situation’: Queensland police minister’s claims on youth justice rebuked by experts

Mark Ryan criticised for saying government’s move to override Human Rights Act is for ‘the greater good’

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Wayne was 13 when he was locked up in Queensland — he says it made him a better criminal

After a life of crime, Wayne Shaw hopes telling his story will urge politicians not to impose planned tougher sentences on young offenders.

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Toowoomba community tells of robberies, threats and fear to leave home as police commissioner acknowledges crime spike

Harrowing stories of Queensland pensioners being mugged at ATMs, youths roaming the streets with machetes and children being too scared to leave home have been aired at a town hall meeting.

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‘The system’s broken’: police fear vigilantism as Toowoomba residents vent their anger over youth crime

Locals share harrowing stories at sold-out Queensland forum, some admitting they had considered taking the law into their own hands

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Future of Brisbane inner-city schools in doubt as population pressure ramps up

Brisbane residents facing a population surge want answers two years after plans were announced to build a new primary school and to redevelop the Gabba, which could threaten an existing school.

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Queensland parents hiring private investigators to track down wayward teens as state grapples with youth crime 'crisis'

A veteran private investigator says worried parents are turning to private investigators and GPS trackers as Queensland grapples with a youth crime "crisis".

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Queensland government's $10m engine-immobiliser plan to stop car theft 'not worth it', RACQ says

Plans to install thousands of engine immobilisers to prevent car theft in north Queensland have been dismissed by the RACQ as "worthless".

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Concerns for Qld children in crackdown

Queensland lawyers are concerned children are being locked up for crimes they didn't commit or low-level offences under the state's youth crime crackdown.

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Queensland's youth justice review reveals children held in watch houses for longer, possibly pleading guilty to crimes they didn't commit

The long-awaited report into the first six months of the Palaszczuk government's youth justice changes reveals that in some of the state's watch houses, young people were held for longer in 2021 than 2019.

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Queensland's youth justice system 'in crisis' amid human rights breaches, children's commissioner warns

Australia's youth justice system is in "a state of crisis" with more children being locked up in watch houses and detention centres, the National Children's Commissioner warns.

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Qld to open first Holocaust museum in 2023

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced the state's first Holocaust museum will open in the Cathedral Precinct in Brisbane's CBD early next year.

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Police and social workers team up to fight youth crime in Cairns

Youth justice worker Matt Egan and others team up with police on the beat, building relationships and trying to keep youngsters on the straight and narrow. Using distinctive designs on cars helps young people feel safe when they see the vehicle.

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Young people taking legal action against Queensland government after being held in watch houses

Children in Queensland are regularly being held in police watch houses, where serious adult offenders are kept after being arrested. Now, three young people who were held in watch houses are taking on the Queensland government in a legal case.

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Queensland government to review convicted child abuser and former Nudgee College principal Stephen McLaughlin's care of foster children

A review is ordered into how vulnerable foster children were put in the care of a Christian Brother — who has since been convicted of child abuse — via an arrangement with the Children's Department and an exclusive Brisbane private school.

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Victims of crime seek tougher youth sentencing in Queensland, but could that make things worse?

A youth justice debate reignited by a tragic hit-and-run weighs harsher punishment against community intervention

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Qld govt won't make breaching bail a crime

Queensland Youth Justice Minister Leanne Linard has ruled out making breach of bail a crime for teens, saying to do so would not impact offending.

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Toombul retailers left without insurance call for compensation from Mirvac as developer offers cash payment

Business owners facing an uncertain future are exploring their options after Mirvac's decision to close the Toombul Shopping Centre.

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Queensland to ban Nazi swastikas and strengthen hate crime laws

Palaszczuk government accepts and will implement 17 recommendations of report including banning hate symbols and addressing online vilification

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Qld foster children get new legal rights

Queensland foster children have been granted new legal rights after state parliament passed changes to protection laws.

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Minister admits breakdown between department and foster carers over child safety fears

Queensland's Minister for Children intervenes to stem the growing tide of complaints from foster carers, who say the government is ignoring their fears for at-risk children.

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Child safety probe ordered in north Qld

A whistleblower claims the Queensland government is putting children at risk of being physically and sexually abused by sending them back to unsafe homes.

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