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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie

Palaszczuk and criminologists reject calls for serious youth offenders to be treated as adults

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is seen during a press conference in Brisbane
Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk also rejected calls for a curfew and said ‘it takes a whole community to raise a child’. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Annastacia Palaszczuk and criminologists have rebuffed a call by Queensland’s police union president for serious youth offenders to be treated as adults, after three women were killed in a crash in Maryborough.

A 13-year-old boy is facing three charges of dangerous driving causing death after allegedly stealing a Mercedes from a Maryborough home at 10.45pm on Sunday.

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