Breaching bail will be an offence for youth offenders going forward after the Queensland government introduced another batch of laws to deal with the state’s spiralling juvenile crime wave.
Among the new penalties include a new option to declare certain offenders “serious repeat offenders,” which will open the door to tougher sentencing.
The state government will also expand the number of offences where a judge must consider a case with a “presumption against bail.”
According to a 2019 law change under the Palaszczuk government, detention was to be considered a “last resort” for youth offenders, and granting bail was instead encouraged. It was also a reversal of earlier laws under former Premier Campbell Newman….