A new committee will take a bipartisan look at all aspects of youth justice and float potential reforms, as MPs returned to a rowdy sitting week.
placing significant political pressure on the government this year, and heading into next year’s October state election.“This will allow for a bipartisan approach examining all aspects of this complex issue,” Palaszczuk told parliament of the new committee.
The premier also gave a nod to Cooper MP Jonty Bush, a long-time crime victim advocate and first-term MP who has been“Our party and this parliament are all the better because of her advocacy on behalf of victims,” Palaszczuk said.Speaking after Palaszczuk, D’Ath said the government would also ensure there was a “victims’ representative” on both the sentencing council and parole board.
The question time that followed, coming after two weeks of simmering internal Labor leadership frustrations being aired in Palaszczuk’s absence, then repeatedly descended into loud interjections. LNP Opposition Leader David Crisafulli sought to suggest the premier could not “govern her ministers”, let alone “govern Queensland”.
Palaszczuk and her ministers focused on the LNP’s past controversial term in government under Campbell Newman and accused Crisafulli of seeking to “sneak into office”“Everyone on this side is up for the fight,” Palaszczuk said of the state election – still 13 months away – to cheers from Labor MPs.