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Queensland government's $10m engine-immobiliser plan to stop car theft 'not worth it', RACQ says

The Queensland government's plan to fit cars with engine immobilisers will be "pointless" at curbing the state's ongoing car theft crisis, the RACQ says.

The government will spend $10 million installing 20,000 engine immobilisers in a trial across Mount Isa, Cairns and Townsville, where ongoing car thefts have brewed a hotbed of community tension.

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