MEDIA STATEMENT: A Fresh Start for Queensland: Making Queensland Safer Laws given assent

A Fresh Start for Queensland: Making Queensland Safer Laws given assent

• The Crisafulli Government’s Making Queensland Safer Laws come into effect from today after the Queensland Governor gave assent to the Bill. 
• Police and Courts given the strong laws they need to make our community safe. 
• Adult Crime, Adult time now in effect, detention as a last resort removed and the rights of victims put ahead of youth offenders.
• Queensland Childrens Court now open to victims, families, and the media. 

The Crisafulli Government’s Making Queensland Safer Laws are now in effect after the Governor gave assent today.

As promised, Queensland will go to Christmas with stronger youth crime laws, including Adult Crime, Adult Time, to restore consequences for actions and safety where you live.

After a decade of Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis, the suite of measures gives police the powers they have asked for to keep the community safe, and courts the ability to sentence serious repeat offenders with punishments that fit the crime.  

The Queensland Childrens Court will now open to victims, their families and the media.  

The Crisafulli Government has fulfilled its promise to all Queenslanders who voted for change and delivered the tough youth crime measures before Christmas. 

Attorney General Deb Frecklington said the Making Queensland Safer Laws were the first step to restoring safety to a state in the grip of a Youth Crime Crisis.

“For too long our state has been under siege from Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis, today is a Fresh Start, with the Making Queensland Safer Laws,” Ms Frecklington said.

“We are restoring safety where you live, wherever you live in Queensland.

“We promised these laws, we’ve delivered them, they are now law.

“To victims of crime, we’ve got your back with the strong laws needed to put your rights first.

“To Police, we’ve brought the backup to allow you to make our community safe.

“To youth criminals, we won’t back down, there will be consequences for actions for serious crimes.

“Enough is enough, and these laws will deliver the change that Queenslanders wanted.”  

ENDS

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