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LNP’s Queensland election pitch to enforce Townsville youth curfew branded ‘a dog pound for kids’ by Katter’s Australian Party
Young people in Townsville and Cairns would be subject to curfews and parents fined $250 if their unaccompanied children are found out at night “without a reasonable excuse” under an LNP election pledge that advocates say could breach the UN convention.
Key points:
- The LNP would set curfews for young people in Townsville and Cairns
- LNP leader Deb Frecklington says parents need to be responsible for their children
- Amnesty says the plan could breach the UN convention on rights of the child
Speaking in the key battleground of Townsville on day 16 of the campaign, Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington declared an LNP government would “fix the juvenile crime problem” in the two cities by trialling an 8:00pm curfew for children aged 14 and under, and…
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