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Robyn Wuth

New powers for Qld police in knife crackdown

The death of Belinda and Brett Beasley's son Jack led to laws allowing police to search for knives. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Queensland police will now be able to stop and search people for knives without reasonable suspicion after legislation dubbed Jack's Law passed in state parliament.

The legislative crackdown on knife crime comes after two people were fatally stabbed in separate attacks in the heart of the Surfers Paradise nightclub precinct on the Gold Coast.

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