Anti-gang bill to be posted in Qld Parly

Two important pieces of legislation will be introduced when Queensland parliament resumes this week.

New anti-gang legislation and a bill to remove 17-year-olds from Queensland's adult jails will be introduced when parliament resumes on Tuesday.

Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath will lodge Labor's bill to change the LNP's anti-bikie laws, which includes a NSW-style consorting offence in line with the recommendations of a task force that reviewed existing legal frameworks.

The removal of 17-year-olds from the state's adult prisons within a year follows a promise by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, whose cabinet has endorsed a youth justice review, to look into the practices, operation and oversight of Queensland's youth detention centres.

The process to remove 17-year-olds from the adult justice system will start with the introduction of a bill during this week's three-day sitting of parliament.

Queensland is the only state to sentence children into the adult system and there are close to 50 17-year-olds in the system.


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Published 13 September 2016 6:22am
Source: AAP


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