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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.

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

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

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.

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

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.