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Crime by Darren Cartwright Premium Content   Queensland transport minister Mark Bailey says the government accepts the state's youth bail laws need overhauling and the recent deaths of innocent bystanders were "people being in the wrong place at the wrong time". Mr Bailey said the Palaszczuk government's number one priority was fast-tracking any changes and all options were on the table, with the cabinet meeting on Monday to start the process. Even the possibility of juvenile offenders being made to wear GPS trackers had been canvassed, although Mr Bail...

Politics by Emily Toxward & Andrew Potts 4th Feb 2021 2:53 PM Premium Content Subscriber only GOLD Coast Mayor Tom Tate has demanded the State Government back hardline policies to crack down on the city's youth crime epidemic. A furious Cr Tate on Thursday said the community was "sick and tired" of young criminals acting with impunity and demanded action. He backed calls from the Queensland Police Union to trial ankle tracking and supported police getting extra powers to charge young crooks who showcase their crimes on social m...

Decision expected next week on third murder charge over Alexandra Hills tragedy Normal text size Advertisement Police hope to decide next week whether to lay a third murder charge against a teenager accused of killing Brisbane parents-to-be Kate Leadbetter and Matty Field, as well as their unborn child. The autopsy on Ms Leadbetter, 31, to confirm the details of her pregnancy was completed last week after her and her partner Matty Field, 37, died in Alexandra Hills on Tuesday. Three Christmas stockings were on display in the couple’s Alexandra Hills home, as Mr Field holds as ultrasound pic...

A mum who tragically lost her unborn child after a speeding drunk driver high on drugs crashed into her car has renewed her desperate calls for the law to be overhauled. Sarah Milosevic was two days from giving birth when a drunk and drug-affected driver ploughed into the family car minutes from home after a trip to the shops south of Brisbane in August 2014. Her unborn daughter Sophie didn't survive. Ms Milosevic and her husband Peter launched the Sophie's Law campaign to recognise unborn babies killed in a criminal act after the driver responsible for the crash that killed their baby girl e...

Deputy Premier Steven Miles has admitted to ‘failings’ in Queensland’s approach to youth crime.