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Tough new laws on bail, GPS trackers, fall short

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Tough new laws to crack down on youth crime would not prevent another Australia Day tragedy, with a prominent legal figure warning they do not cover minor traffic offences.

Even the woman behind the petition to “clean up” Queensland‘s Youth Justice system admits the laws fall short of what she had hoped but believes they could be a strong deterrent for young offenders.

Former Queensland Law Society president and criminal barrister Bill Potts said the tough stance on youth crime but did not specifically address the events that led up to…



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