‘Recipe for disaster’: Queensland bail law that overrides children’s human rights won’t work, experts say

Experts from four universities around Australia said Queensland’s new law on bail breaches would only result in putting more children behind bars. Photograph: Harry Sheridan/Alamy

Experts say there is zero evidence to support Annastacia Palaszczuk’s controversial decision to pursue criminal charges against Queensland children who breach bail.

Human rights organisations have also delivered scathing criticisms of the government’s bid to override the state’s Human Rights Act to legislate the offence for children, warning that it likely won’t reduce offending.