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Fraser Barton

Knife sales ban to minors priority for Queensland Labor

A ban on selling knives to minors and laws decriminalising sex work are on the agenda in parliament. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

The Queensland government's fast-tracked laws to ban knife sales to minors will be introduced to parliament as it seeks to toughen its approach to youth crime.

With a fresh cabinet and premier at the helm Labor will introduce laws to ban the sale of knives to minors following the murder of a grandmother in an alleged stabbing death at a shopping centre, which has prompted urgent calls to tackle youth crime. 

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