Queensland LNP vows to ditch ‘detention as last resort’ approach to youth crime

The measure of detention as a last resort for children is enshrined in the United Nations’ convention on the rights of the child, which Australia has ratified. Photograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian

The Queensland Liberal National party opposition has vowed to remove the principle of detention as a last resort from the Youth Justice Act before year’s end if it wins the state election.

Speaking in Townsville on Tuesday, the LNP leader, David Crisafulli, revealed more detail about the party’s “Making Queensland safer laws” and accused Labor of having a “conga line of crises”.