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‘Anywhere, anytime’: Victoria police and PSOs to get random stop and search powers after Labor backflip

Premier Ben Carroll adopts Coalition’s stance on Jack’s Law, which gives police and PSOs power to randomly search people for knives with metal detectors

The Guardian - AU

'Copycat' knife-search powers to spread after election

Victorians will be "wanded" for knives anywhere in public at the discretion of police after the major parties aligned on laws pioneered by Queensland.

AAP

Almost 1500 weapons seized under landmark reforms

Landmark reforms have helped police seize almost 1500 weapons in a state that still tops the nation for the number of crime victims, according to latest data.

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Teens caught with knives and drugs in police crackdown

Teenagers have been caught with drugs and armed with knives in a police crackdown on antisocial behaviour in the school holidays.

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Embattled party sharpens poll focus on 'crime crisis'

A state Liberal party is honing its focus on crime, announcing a beefing-up of knife search powers ahead of an election, while denying members are disunited.

AAP

Double murder ramps up calls for tougher knife laws

Drums are beating louder for broader search powers to curb knife crime after two fatal stabbings as a government insists state laws are effective.

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Slain boy's dad pleads for greater community protection

Mourners have gathered near the site where two boys were stabbed to death, urging for greater community efforts to stop the surge in youth crime.

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The Jack’s Law expansion is a symbolic step – it’s not a solution to knife crime

Laws just passed in Queensland give police unprecedented powers to scan people with a handheld wand and potentially search them in all public places, without needing a warrant or reasonable suspicion.

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Landmark weapons search laws made permanent

Landmark laws allowing Queensland Police to search people for weapons in public places have been made permanent.

AAP

Weapon search laws under fire in crime-hit state

Police search powers are set to become permanent in a crime-hit state after grabbing national attention, prompting a backlash from a civil liberties group.

AAP

'Envy of other states': Qld police hail wanding laws

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

AAP

Qld to ban sale of knives and fake guns to under 18s

Laws banning the sale of fake weapons, knives and other bladed items to juveniles are being introduced in Queensland, in a bid to crackdown on youth crime.

AAP

New powers for Qld police in knife crackdown

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

AAP

Parents of Gold Coast stabbing victim Jack Beasley push to expand police powers

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.

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Jack Beasley's parents reveal true cost of fighting for change to youth knife crime

Three years after their 17-year-old son was stabbed and killed on the Gold Coast, Brett and Belinda Beasley have revealed the personal cost of curbing Queensland's youth knife-crime culture.

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