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  Parents and carers could be required to phone the police on their own children if they reoffend while out on bail under the Palaszczuk Government's youth crackdown. The Courier-Mail can reveal how new laws, to be introduced in parliament today, seek to involve caregivers in helping police crush a crime wave being waged by about 400 "hardcore" young offenders across the state. More children will be remanded in custody under a youth justice crackdown. They will be able to require caregivers to promise they will be responsible for the child and make sure they don't break curfews and reo...

  Acting Chief Superintendent Ray Rohweder described Queensland's rising road toll as "disturbing" and has called on all road users to step up their game and simply "do the right thing". A total of 33 people have been killed as a result of traffic crashes across the state this year - 15 more than the same time last year.     "I find that quite disturbing," Acting Chief Superintendent Rohweder said. "We really need to get the message through to all those drivers out there using the road network that they need to obey the road rules. "It is the driving public who decide how the...

Plans are being investigated for a memorial to an Alexandra Hills couple and their unborn child killed in a tragedy that has outraged Queensland.

Premium Content Subscriber only A coalition of children's advocates have voiced their strong opposition to the government's youth justice crackdown, arguing it is punitive and doesn't respect children's rights. A day after the government announced its response to the horrific hit-and-run deaths of Matty Field, Kate Leadbetter and their unborn child and the subsequent car smash that killed aspiring police woman Jennifer Board, their joint statement decried the focus on law and order measures. Queensland Council of Social Services chief executive Aimee McVeigh said the "shortcut" approach di...

The death of a motorcyclist overnight has taken Queensland’s road toll to almost double what it was this time last year.