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Legislation to be based on Queensland law introduced last year in response to stabbing of teenager in 2019

One year after police stop-and-search powers were expanded in Queensland, more than 500 weapons have been removed from the streets.

The teenager – who cannot be identified because he was a child at the time of the offence – was sentenced in August 2022, but his counsel applied to have that reduced in the Court of Appeal.

New Queensland laws expanding random search powers by police have been passed by state parliament.

Police will have extraordinary powers to randomly stop and search people for knives and other weapons on public transport and in nightclub precincts across Queensland under new laws passed in parliament.

Brett and Belinda Beasley have been fighting to end knife crime since their 17-year-old son, Jack, was stabbed to death in 2019. This week legislation to expand police power is being debated in Queensland.

A senior police officer vents frustration over a rise in the number of young people found carrying knives — up 21 per cent in a year.

Bill allows officers in certain locations to search people for weapons without having reasonable suspicion

A 17-year-old boy who fatally stabbed teenager Jack Beasley at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in 2019 is sentenced to ten years in prison. Mr Beasley's mother called the culprits "cowards" who left her son to "die on the footpath".