Measures, including a maximum of 10 years for car theft, condemned by rights and legal reform advocates
Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said ‘a lot of people aren’t going to like’ her new tough-on-crime measures.Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said ‘a lot of people aren’t going to like’ her new tough-on-crime measures.government has come under heavy criticism after it announced new criminal penalties that mean children could face up to 10 years in prison for car theft.
Maggie Munn, an Indigenous rights campaigner for Amnesty International Australia, said further penalties would disproportionately affect First Nations people. Monique Hurley, the managing lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, said building more prisons would not improve community safety.
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