The Queensland premier says breach of bail will be reintroduced as an offence for young offenders despite her government removing it in 2015 and heavily criticising the LNP for adopting it as a policy.
The Queensland premier says breach of bail will be reintroduced for young offenders in the state, despite her government removing it as an offence for children in 2015 and heavily criticising the LNP for adopting it as a policy.Opposition Leader David Crisafulli over the weekend called for it to be brought backAnnastacia Palaszczuk said breach of bail would be among a raft of law changes introduced to state parliament tomorrow in a bid to crack down on serious, repeat young offenders.
In 2015, the Palaszczuk government dumped breach of bail as an offence after it was introduced by the former LNP government.In June last year, Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman was highly critical of the law's success and of the LNP for supporting the offence's return."Only 185 juvenile offenders were convicted of the offence. Of these, 90 per cent reoffended within 12 months and 94 per cent reoffended within two years.
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