Youth justice advocates denounce Queensland Labor’s ‘irresponsible’ detention changes
Steven Miles’ government claims to have legal advice from Crown Law and solicitor general that amendments will not violate Human Rights Act or international law
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The community sector has criticised new youth justice legislation introduced by the Queensland Labor government as part of an “irresponsible” “political manoeuvre and a desperate grab for power” in a bipartisan race to the bottom on criminal justice.
Meanwhile the opposition accused the government of “lying” about legislation Labor says would remove the principle of detention as a last resort of a young person, an obligation under the convention on the rights of the child.
Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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