The government's approach could risk alienating parts of Labor's traditionally progressive supporter base and leave itself open to more attacks from other political parties.
when it introduced even stricter youth bail laws earlier this year after the death of Brisbane Mother Emma Lovell, who was killed in an alleged home invasion.was kept in a watch house for 39 daysThe issues culminated in a case in the Supreme Court earlier this month, which saw a judge order the urgent transfer of three children to youth detention centres after the state couldn't establish the lawfulness of their stay in police watch houses.On Wednesday, it all came to a head.
They included overriding the state's Human Rights Act – for the second time in six months – in relation to the youth justice changes.Among them, Queensland Human Rights Commissioner Scott McDougall, who condemned the changes as "rash," and "alarming," and warned they would not reduce youth crime or make the community safer.
"Allowing children as young as 10 to be held indefinitely in what are essentially concrete boxes means there are farm animals with better legal protections in Queensland than children," he said in a statement. Fronting media on Thursday, Youth Justice Minister Di Farmer said it wasn't a decision the government took "lightly," arguing it was necessary in light of advice from the state's solicitor-general.
That was echoed by Deputy Premier Steven Miles, who conceded there was pushback within the Labor party.
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