Queensland Dissolves Youth Crime Committee Over Political Dispute

Published on April 18, 2024

The Queensland Parliament has disbanded a committee responsible for tackling rising youth crime in the Australian state due to disagreements between the major political parties. This comes amid an increase in the number of youth offenders between 10 and 17 years old in Queensland in recent years. On the night of April 17, the Queensland government made a surprise decision by moving a motion to dissolve the Youth Justice Reform Select Committee after tensions arose between the incumbent centre-left Labor Party and the opposition, centre-right Liberal National Party (LNP), over a delayed interim report. The Committee was established in October 2023 as a bipartisan effort to examine possible legal reforms to combat youth crime as well as support options for victims....

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