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Fraser Barton

'Adult time' plan for kids won't stop crime: advocates

Juvenile crime in Queensland has hit a level that people are protesting against the government. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

A Queensland opposition plan for children to serve adult sentences for serious crimes has been dismissed as a "purely political response" that will not stop reoffending.

Liberal National Party leader David Crisafulli unveiled the policy at the weekend's LNP convention, announcing that juveniles convicted of serious crimes would be treated as harshly as adults if he was elected premier in October.

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