Published Today at 10:29 AM

JOINT STATEMENT

Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations
The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie

Minister for Police and Emergency Services
The Honourable Dan Purdie

More dangerous weapons removed under Jack's Law

  • More than 300 dangerous weapons removed from Brisbane streets since the Crisafulli Government made Jack’s Law permanent. 
  • Since the laws came into effect, police have scanned almost 200,000 people, seized 1,400+ weapons and charged 2,900+ people with 5,800+ offences.
  • It comes as new crime data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals there were 277,411 victims in Queensland in 2025 - a decrease of 12,038 than the previous year – in the first full year of the Crisafulli Government’s Adult Crime, Adult Time laws. 
  • The Crisafulli Government is making Queensland safer with more police and stronger laws to fight Labor's Youth Crime Crisis, which created a generation of serious repeat offenders.

More than 300 dangerous weapons have been removed from Brisbane streets and almost 200,000 people scanned statewide since the Crisafulli Government made Jack's Law permanent and expanded it to all public places in Queensland to restore safety where you live.  

New Queensland Police Service data shows police have scanned 198,469 people, seized 1,439 weapons and charged 2,934 people with 5,810 offences since the landmark reforms came into effect in July 2025.  

In Brisbane alone, police have scanned 54,391 people, seized 315 weapons and charged 708 people with 1,468 offences.  

This milestone comes a year after the Crisafulli Government delivered on its commitment to strengthen and preserve Jack's Law, expanding police wanding powers across Queensland and overturning Labor's plan to let the laws expire.  

The former Labor Government's decade of weak laws created the Youth Crime Crisis and a generation of serious repeat offenders, which saw the number of victims of crime skyrocket 193 per cent.   

The Crisafulli Government is delivering stronger laws and more police to curb Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis, with Queensland Police data showing Adult Crime, Adult Time has helped deliver a 9.6 per cent drop in the number of victims of crime compared to Labor’s last financial year.   

Jack's Law gives police the ability to use handheld metal detectors in all public places, allowing officers to detect deadly weapons before they can be used and intervene before lives are changed forever.  

The laws are named in honour of 17-year-old Jack Beasley, who was fatally stabbed during a night out with friends at Surfers Paradise in 2019.  

Following Jack's death, his parents Brett and Belinda Beasley turned unimaginable grief into tireless advocacy, campaigning to prevent other families from experiencing the same heartbreak. 

Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie said the Crisafulli Government was delivering on the commitment to restore safety where you live.  

"With every weapon seized, we are saving a life, and we will continue giving our police the tools and resources they need to make Queensland safer," Deputy Premier Bleijie said.  

"We told Queenslanders we'd do everything we could to restore safety where you live, and Jack's Law is playing a critical role in that." 

Minister for Police and Emergency Services Dan Purdie said the Crisafulli Government is delivering more police, stronger laws and fewer victims.  

"Jack's Law is saving lives across Queensland with more than 300 dangerous weapons removed from Brisbane streets alone as we continue to turn the tide on Labor's Youth Crime Crisis," Minister Purdie said.  

"Unlike Labor, who planned to let these life-saving laws expire, the Crisafulli Government listened to the Beasley family with every weapon seized a potential tragedy prevented. 

"The Crisafulli Government is continuing to deliver more police, stronger laws and fewer victims – whether its Jack's Law or our landmark Adult Crime, Adult Time laws – police now have the ability to crackdown on Labor's generation of serious repeat offenders and restore safety where you live." 

Brett Beasley said Jack's Law was delivering positive results across the state with more than 300 dangerous weapons seized in Brisbane alone.  

"Jack's legacy lives on through these life-saving laws with every dangerous weapon seized a potential life saved and another family spared the heartbreak we have been forced to endure since Jack's tragic death," Mr Beasley said.  

Belinda Beasley said Jack's Legacy was curbing knife crime and saving lives. 

"Jack's Law gives police the ability to wand Queenslanders in all public places to prevent future tragedies and other Queensland families' lives being ripped apart by knife crime," Ms Beasley said.  

Deputy Commissioner Mark Kelly said reaching almost 200,000 wandings reflects the Queensland Police Service’s ongoing efforts to remove knives and other weapons from public places.  

“Each wanding is an opportunity for police to engage with the community and strengthen public confidence where people live, work and gather,” Deputy Commissioner Kelly said. 

“Officers routinely conduct high-visibility patrols to address crime and enhance public safety at licensed premises, community events, and other public spaces. 

“Less weapons on our streets means safer communities.” 

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