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Queensland passes controversial youth crime laws after heated human rights debate

New laws include the overriding of the Human Rights Act to allow children to be charged for breaching bail

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Queensland MPs debate controversial youth crime laws

Youth crime laws are expected to pass state parliament in Queensland this week after serious concerns were raised by human rights groups.

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Weather warning: Major flooding likely to continue, man critical after lightning strike

Historic flooding in northwest Queensland is likely to continue with more rain forecast, after almost 100 residents fled one town.

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$25 million to pay police overtime to target Queensland's youth crime hotspots

Queensland police officers will be paid extra in overtime shifts under a $25 million high-visibility operation targeting youth crime.

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Queensland police to retain right to charge children over minor drug offences for which adults receive only warning

Exclusive: advocates and legal experts warn legislation could disadvantage children who would still be subject to police discretion

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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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Queensland to recruit hundreds of foreign police

Up to 500 foreign nationals a year could be taken on by Queensland Police under an agreement between the state and federal governments.

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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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Queensland hoping to attract 500 foreign police officers a year to boost recruitment

The Queensland Police Service has approval for 500 international recruits to join the service each year for five years.

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Qld bail crackdown limiting child rights condemned

Queensland's decision to override the human rights of children, particularly Indigenous kids, to make breaching bail a crime has been criticised.

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Queensland is to relax its drug laws, even for ice and heroin. How could it affect you?

The state government wants to expand its diversion program to personal quantities of anything from cocaine to meth.

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Queensland’s plan to override human rights law ‘deeply concerning’, commissioner says

Scott McDougall alarmed at Palaszczuk government plan to make breach of bail an offence for children

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Queensland to relax drug laws, implement three-strike rule for people carrying small amounts of drugs for personal use

Anyone caught carrying small quantities of illicit substances like heroin, cocaine or ice, will be given three chances before facing a criminal charge.

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Qld to decriminalise possession of most illicit drugs

Queensland will move to decriminalise drug possession with police to refer people caught with illicit substances or utensils to diversion programs.

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Queensland to override state’s Human Rights Act in bid to make breach of bail an offence for children

Police minister Mark Ryan says the government accepts that its new laws ‘are incompatible with human rights’

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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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Human Rights Act could be critical in divisive Queensland youth bail case

Palaszczuk government’s 2019 laws to be weighed against underlying principles of human rights

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Court's mass bail of youths triggers police appeal push

Queensland police are considering their legal options after a Townsville magistrate released more than a dozen youths from custody.

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‘Disgraceful and gutless’: Queensland deputy premier pilloried for attack on judiciary

Steven Miles said a magistrate’s decision to release children locked in Townsville watch house was ‘a media stunt’

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Townsville magistrate orders children be released from watch house amid heated youth justice debate

Exclusive: Queensland Police Service ‘exploring its legal options’ after several children granted bail

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Breach of sex offender housing precinct sparks review

A woman was able to visit a secure housing precinct for Queensland sex offenders despite a security overhaul following the alleged assault of a teenage girl.

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Townsville woman feared for her life after being run over in alleged teenage burglary

Queensland police warn against fighting back against offenders after a woman was run over by her own car while attempting to stop alleged thieves.

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Killing of Emma Lovell at North Lakes should not prompt 'knee-jerk' youth crime crackdown, advocate warns

Emma Lovell was fatally stabbed in the chest on her front porch on Monday night, prompting a call for a crackdown on youth crime.

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Queensland authorities push for national gun register as police seize vehicle linked to shooter Nathaniel Train's border crossing

Following revelations police killer Nathaniel Train crossed into Queensland carrying weapons and breaching COVID restrictions, the premier and police minister voice support for a national gun register.

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