The day after the Liberal National party announced its centrepiece youth justice plan – to sentence children to “adult time” – the opposition leader, David Crisafulli, flew to north Queensland to campaign.
At his press conference, Crisafulli introduced an 81-year-old woman whose car and purse were stolen in the Townsville suburbs. He put his hand on her shoulder as she recounted being confronted and pushed to the ground by a group of “mongrels”.
