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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Smee

Queensland police silent on fallout from court order to transfer three children from watch houses

Brisbane Watch House
The supreme court in Brisbane ordered three children be transferred out of Queensland watch houses on Friday following a legal challenge. Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP

The Queensland police service has refused to say whether it is acting lawfully by continuing to detain dozens of children in state watch houses, after the court-ordered transfer of three young people last week.

The supreme court ruled on Friday that the three children must be moved urgently from watch houses to youth detention facilities, after the Queensland government conceded they were being held unlawfully.

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