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Marty Silk

Qld youth justice reforms 'would cause more crime'

Proposed youth justice reforms would cause more crime, groups representing Queensland lawyers say. (David Gray/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Queensland's proposed youth justice laws will cause more crime and overriding children's rights without proper consultation is "disturbing", the state's lawyers say.

The proposed laws will make bail breaches a crime for children, increase the maximum prison term for car thefts, allow police to arrest kids on suspicion they may breach bail and make courts take into account - during sentencing - crimes that serious repeat offenders could hypothetically commit in the future.

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