Queensland’s police minister, Mark Ryan, says the controversial bid to override the state’s Human Rights Act and charge children who breach bail is due to a “life and death situation”, prompting backlash from experts who say the laws are unlikely to save lives.
On Monday Ryan tabled the proposed youth justice legislation that would make breaches of bail an offence for children. Along with the new bail laws, he submitted a statement that acknowledged they were not compatible with human rights or international standards.
