Community action group, Voice for Victims, are calling for meeting with Annastacia Palaszczuk this week, where they will present the Premier with a list of demands.
Pressure is mounting on the Queensland government to act further amid the state's youth crime crisis ahead of a planned rally next weekend.
Those demands include special assistance payments for victims to be increased from $10,000 to $105,000, access to 20 government subsidised psychology sessions for victims of crime and a zero tolerance approach to repeat offenders.Voice for Victims has penned a list of demands in a letter to the Queensland Premier.
In a letter to the premier, Voice for Victims advocate Ben Cannon said if their demands aren't met they will seek a Royal Commission. Voice for Victims will rally at Queens Gardens in Brisbane next Sunday amid the scourge in youth violence.
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