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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

Queensland opposition leader calls for child protection overhaul

Queensland LNP leader David Crisafulli.
Queensland LNP leader David Crisafulli (centre) told his party’s state convention there was a “state sanctioned pipeline of youth criminals”. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Queensland’s opposition leader David Crisafulli has called for an overhaul of the state’s child protection system, describing it as a “state sanctioned pipeline of youth criminals”.

Crisafulli told party faithful at the Liberal National Party’s state convention in Brisbane on Sunday that the Labor government had taken “blame shifting and hypocrisy to a new level” by pointing the finger at parents for youth crime.

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