‘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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Queensland’s deputy premier, Steven Miles, has been accused of engaging in a “disgraceful” breach of the separation of powers for claiming the safety of residents was being “held to ransom by rogue courts and rogue justices”.
At a press conference on Friday, Miles said a decision by a Townsville magistrate to release several children being held on remand in the local watch house was a “media stunt”, prompting fierce pushback from civil liberties veteran Terry O’Gorman.
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