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Crime by Kate Kyriacou Premium Content   Children steal cars at a higher rate than any other age bracket and are responsible for half of all Queensland robberies, statistics reveal. And Queensland is the only state where the number of car thefts continues to rise, with a 48 per cent increase from 2015 to 2019. Bond University criminologist and former police detective Dr Terry Goldsworthy has labelled Queensland the "stolen vehicle capital of Australia" an...

Commissioner Katarina Carroll says youth crime is going down overall despite fresh concerns raised in the wake a joyride incident in Townsville that saw officers injured.

Queensland’s top cop wants a review into youth bail laws following recent incidents involving teenagers in stolen cars.

Queensland mum fighting to keep juvenile offenders in custody for longer A Queensland mother is fighting to keep juvenile offenders in police custody for longer after her son was allegedly stabbed to death by two teenagers out on bail. Michelle Liddles son Angus Beaumont was stabbed to death allegedly by two 14-year-olds out on bail for similar offences. "I wanted to know if at any point Angus had...," Ms Liddle tells 9News before being overcome with emotion. Angus Beaumont.(Supplied) "If hed b...

  Queenslands Police Commissioner has defended her officers and the courts as she zeroed in on a need to beef up the law to deal with a revolving-door of hardened, young offenders terrorising the state. Even as Police Minister Mark Ryan insisted the laws were working for the majority of children, Ms Carroll said Youth Bail Laws needed to be looked at as police struggled with a small group "were always opposing bail for, were always before court for and were always arresting". "I wish mor...

Queensland’s top cop wants a review into youth bail laws following recent incidents involving teenagers in stolen cars.

But despite the tinkering, things dont seem to be improving. The Child Safety figures in the Report on Government Services is an annual confirmation of the disturbing status quo. The numbers of children reported to the system continue to grow. There were 23,266 notifications in 2019-20, with 6537 substantiated and 11,570 young people on new or continuing protection orders. Investigations continue to be slow, investigators continue to miss signs of harm until later and children continue to ...

Connector by Granite Launches New Campaign for Plant-It January 29, 2021 With the market for meat-free products continuing to soar and forecast to hit $21bn globally by 2025, a new Irish brand Plant-it has launched a campaign to promote its plant-based range of products in Ireland and the UK. The new campaign was created by Connector by Granite, the Dublin-based agency. Headed by industry veterans from Glanbia and Promise Gluten Free, Plant-It is a new Irish company that manufactures a range of...

Top cop says computer games lead to killing of couple Many have blamed youth justice policies for the Alexandra Hills fatal hit and run but Queensland’s police minister has taken aim at something quite different. Crime by James Hall 28th Jan 2021 5:59 PM The horrific deaths of a Brisbane couple walking their dogs on Australia Day has broken hearts across the country as questions persist about the suspected young offenders b...

Crime by Kate Kyriacou and Jessica Marszalek 29th Jan 2021 5:04 AM Premium Content   A teenager charged with the hit-and-run murders of a young couple recently pleaded guilty to about 50 offences - including car theft and robbery - but was only given a slap on the wrist. The 17-year-old who allegedly mowed down a pregnant Kate Leadbetter and her partner Matty Field at Alexandra Hills was not sentenced to jail for the serious o...