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Nick Gibbs

Qld youth crime 'doesn't justify' rights override

Cameron Dick says Queenslanders want the government to act on youth crime and it is acting. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Youth crime in Queensland doesn't justify overriding human rights laws with measures that likely lead to more children being kept behind bars for longer, an inquiry has heard.

The Palaszczuk government's legislation, which will increase jail time for certain offences and create a new offence of breaching bail for children, is being probed by a committee after being introduced to parliament last week.

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