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Queensland changes laws to accommodate UN prisons inspectors

A UN anti-torture subcommittee suspended its inspections last year after being refused access to some facilities

The Guardian - AU

Palaszczuk and criminologists reject calls for serious youth offenders to be treated as adults

Experts say incarceration only increases risk of offending after Queensland police union president’s comments

The Guardian - AU

Former Greens councillor demands apology as Queensland police again drop charges

Jonathan Sriranganathan claims his being arrested at protests was ‘partly a result of racism’

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Three-strike personal drug use rule expanded in Qld

Changes to Queensland drug laws are expected to divert thousands of people caught with small amounts including cocaine and heroin away from the justice system.

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Qld passes controversial youth justice laws

Queensland has passed controversial youth justice laws in response to a number of high-profile crimes after fiery debate in state parliament.

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Queensland passes controversial youth justice laws

The Queensland parliament has passed laws that criminalise bail breaches for children and allow courts to fit 15-year-olds with GPS trackers.

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Qld fossil fuel exports will end by 2030 in Greens plan

The emissions Queensland sends offshore have been targeted by the Greens who have a plan to phase out coal and gas exports by 2030.

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Greens to introduce climate target bill for Queensland

A bill to legislate a 75 per cent emissions reduction target in Queensland over the next seven years will be introduced by the Greens.

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New push to bring Queensland’s lagging emissions targets into line with other states

Environmental advocates urge state to ‘do better than 30% by 2030’, and propose doubling of current targets

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police to retain right to charge children over minor drug offences for which adults receive only warning

Exclusive: advocates and legal experts warn legislation could disadvantage children who would still be subject to police discretion

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Qld Greens push plans to end fossil fuel industry

The Queensland Greens will table legislation to ban new coal and gas projects and exports by 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

AAP

Queensland to override state’s Human Rights Act in bid to make breach of bail an offence for children

Police minister Mark Ryan says the government accepts that its new laws ‘are incompatible with human rights’

The Guardian - AU

Queensland prisoners stuck on a ‘merry-go-round’ of hepatitis C transmission

State government is failing to deliver harm reduction programs needed to eliminate the virus, advocates say

The Guardian - AU

Queensland urged to end its ‘failing’ shark nets and drum lines program

Scientists call on government to replace lethal control measures amid criticism of its use of federal money at the Great Barrier Reef

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Queensland police sought youth of ‘certain ethnic backgrounds’ with new search powers, review finds

Criticism of state-wide rollout of extraordinary knife-search powers comes as report says metal detector trial didn’t reduce violence

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Qld Greens want public energy retailer

Queensland would have a single public energy retailer to ensure consumers have cheap and reliable electricity under a Greens proposal.

The Guardian - AU

Inquiry calls for Queensland to decriminalise public intoxication

Committee recommends removing three offences disproportionately affecting First Nations people

The Guardian - AU

Queensland to change laws that prevented UN inspectors entering mental health wards

Annastacia Palaszczuk says the restrictions will be removed this year to comply with Opcat treaty

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Qld to change mental health laws for UN

Queensland's premier says United Nations inspectors will be allowed to physically visit detained mental health patients under laws being drafted.

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31,000 Qld Children Were Put Into Solitary Confinement Last Year — 84% Of Them Were Indigenous

Almost 31,000 children in Queensland youth detention centres went into solitary confinement in the past year, 84% of which were Indigenous.

The Guardian - AU

First Nations children account for 84% of Queensland youth detainees put in solitary confinement

Figures show nearly 26,000 ‘separations’ of Indigenous children in a year as advocates call for ban of ‘shameful’ practice

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police will have to use ‘open and closed hand tactics’ after spit hood ban, union says

Controversial spit hoods will no longer be used in Queensland watchhouses, commissioner says

AAP

Queensland bans 'inhumane' spit hoods

The use of controversial spit hoods has been banned in watchhouses across Queensland.

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Queensland police will no longer use spit hoods in watch houses, Commissioner Katarina Carroll says

The Queensland Police Service says safety hoods were used on 138 occasions between 2015 and 2022 but the practice has been discontinued.

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Exclusion of ‘thousands’ of people from waitlists masks Queensland’s housing crisis, Greens say

Comments came as committee calls for coordinated response to improve access to social housing

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