Deputy Premier Steven Miles believes the community wants action. But a national official says Queensland has “a system in crisis, and the community is not safer”.
The Queensland government has rejected a chorus of criticism over a raft of new laws allowing children to be held in police watch houses.were difficult but ultimately essential to ensure community safety.
“We were advised by the solicitor-general that if we didn’t make these changes immediately, the young people in watch houses would need to be released to the community.“We were faced with a very difficult situation – legal advice that said the only way we could keep the community safe was if we immediately addressed the technicality the court had found.
Advocates such as the Queensland Human Rights Council, the Queensland Law Society and the Queensland Council of Social Service have roundly criticised the changes.
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