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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Queensland attorney general orders prosecutors to appeal against two ‘manifestly inadequate’ sentences

A pile of flowers at the roadside in front of a Maryborough sign
Tributes at the scene of a multi-car crash in Maryborough, Queensland, that killed two women and a teenage girl. Photograph: Rob Maccoll/AAP

Queensland’s attorney general has ordered state prosecutors to appeal against two “manifestly inadequate” sentences handed down for high-profile crimes committed in 2023.

Deb Frecklington, also the state’s minister for justice and for integrity, said the two sentences “in my view, fail to meet community expectations”.

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