Human rights commissioner Scott McDougall warns against making breach of bail an offence for children at tense parliamentary committee hearing
The barrister James Benjamin said the new breach of bail offence would “only serve in increasing number of children in youth detention”, making “a deplorable situation even worse”.
The principal commissioner of the Queensland Family and Child Commission, Luke Twyford, said the bill was “reactive” and could have a disproportionate impact on First Nations children.
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