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Marty Silk

Qld to make breaching bail a crime in youth crackdown

The new laws will be Queensland's second major crackdown on juvenile crime in three years. (Samantha Manchee/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Breaching a bail condition will be a crime for children in Queensland as part of the state government's second major youth crime crackdown in two years.

The controversial change comes after a spate of high-profile homicides in the past three months involving offenders under the age of 18, including the fatal stabbing of mother Emma Lovell at her home north of Brisbane, and the killing of a man with a disability who was waiting for a taxi in Toowoomba.

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