A parliamentary committee tasked with brief scrutiny of the hardline proposed laws have waded through hearings and 186 submissions. The verdict split along party lines.
LNP members of a committee considering proposed laws to enact the Queensland government’s hardline youth justice changes have rubber-stamped the bill for passage by parliament next week.
The six-person committee’s two Labor MPs said the laws should require a review, and flagged “further views” to be given during the debate next week.“The committee considers that the rights and concerns of victims are paramount and that action needs to be taken to address the growing numbers of serious crimes being perpetrated by young offenders,” he wrote.
This followed an election campaign in which the LNP sought a mandate to pass the laws, which will see kids sentenced as adults for some offences and no longer be jailed as a last resort, by Christmas – though without the detail of the bill.Crisafulli introduced this document to parliament last Thursday in what he said was the first “strike back” at youth crime rates – which have risen recently, including some high-profile cases, but remain at historical lows.
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