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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Andrew Messenger

No children charged with Queensland’s new ‘adult crime, adult time’ offences in 11 years, government statistics show

A Queensland Police officer displaying the Queensland police emblem.
Experts argue the claim that crimes which had not been committed by young people constituted a crisis ‘makes no sense’ Photograph: Darren England/AAP

The Queensland government is expanding the number of offences subject to controversial “adult crime, adult time” laws – but new data shows no children have been charged with two of those crimes in more than a decade.

The statistics were released to a Queensland parliamentary committee considering the Liberal National Party government’s third round of “adult crime, adult time” legislation in March.

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