Former royal commissioner into youth justice slams Queensland’s ‘knee-jerk’ measures as police welcome new powers

Leading youth justice advocates, including a former royal commissioner, have slammed Queensland’s crackdown on youth crime, warning the “knee-jerk” measures will fail to reduce rates of offending and instead push children “further to the margins”.

It comes after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday announced several tough new measures to be implemented as part of Queensland’s youth crime crackdown.

These include a presumption against bail for some…