Hardline youth justice law changes to sentence young offenders as adults for more than a dozen serious crimes are set to pass Queensland parliament.
The state government's Making Queensland Safer laws were a key part of the LNP's election campaign, and included the contentious "adult crime, adult time" policy.
During debate in state parliament this week, the member for Capalaba Russell Field shared his experience with youth crime when making his contribution to the bill.Mr Field' son Matthew and Matthew's pregnant partner Kate Leadbetter were killed by a teenage driver in a hit-and-run in January 2021. The Katter's Australian Party has flagged it will support the law changes, but wants it to go further and have mandatory minimum sentences introduced for young offenders.Shadow Treasurer Shannon Fentiman said Labor supported parts of the legislation but had reservations about unintended consequences.
"The Victims' Commissioner has said she's very worried about victims not really having an opportunity to have their say, and potentially facing cross examination."Entering or being in premises and committing indictable offencesYoung offenders set to receive harsher penaltiesThe state's only Greens MP, Michael Berkman, told the house the bill's "incompatibility" with human rights was "quite an extraordinary read".
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