The Latest Breaking News from Katherine Hayes

Advocates urge targeted programs in youth crime plan

Advocates have called on the state government to develop a comprehensive plan to tackle youth crime with the current strategy to expire this month

AAP · Dec 8, 2023

Children in Queensland detention centre missing out on ‘meaningful rehabilitation’ due to staff shortages

Dwindling youth justice staff numbers ‘major factor’ driving crime and repeat offending, state parliamentary committee told

The Guardian - AU · Nov 23, 2023

Nearly one in three children on Queensland’s serious repeat offender list under protection order

Government urged to do more to support young people in residential care to ‘break the cycle of offending’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 15, 2023

Innocent Queensland children pleading guilty to avoid harsh bail laws, lawyers say

Many children on remand who may be exonerated or not sentenced are pleading guilty to escape long periods of detention

The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2023

Queensland police's new youth crime documentary may show officers violating police manual rules, advocate says

In a new half-hour film designed to show the challenges of policing youth offenders, more than 20 shots of children appear in handcuffs. Critics say using this level of force is excessive.

ABC News · May 23, 2023

Advocates oppose Queensland police power to treat children worse than adults over drug offences

Parliamentary inquiry hears concerns over power that would allow police to charge children with drug offences but would let adults off with a warning

The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2023

Scrutiny of youth justice laws 'cements Queensland as a backwater', youth advocate and lawyer Katherine Hayes says

Youth Advocacy Centre CEO Katherine Hayes' comments came after a parliamentary committee released a report recommending the Palaszczuk Government's proposed youth justice law changes be passed.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023