Queensland child offenders should be forced to meet victims "to hear first-hand the impact of their crime" and more money and other support should be offered to victims as well, a parliamentary report says.
The Palaszczuk government's controversial youth justice bill, which will make it a crime for children to breach bail and increase jail time for offences mainly committed by people under the age of 18, has been given approval by a parliamentary committee.
Human rights watchdogs, legal groups, social service providers, charities and advocates have condemned the bill for the lack of evidence in support of the measures, which will override the state's Human Rights Act.
