Queensland's proposed youth justice overhaul is "racially prejudicial", at odds with Path to Treaty and Closing the Gap commitments, and could be met with "extreme resistance" from detention workers, the government has been warned.
Advocates have condemned the legislation — which includes making breach of bail an offence for children and expanding a trial of GPS electronic monitoring devices to eligible 15-year-olds — in a series of submissions to a parliamentary committee ahead of public hearings across the state this week.
