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ONLY 117 youth justice matters in an eight-month period have been deemed serious enough by police that they would have sought a review if bail was granted, under the Palaszczuk government's "blitz on bail" program.
The revelation comes ahead of new youth justice laws being brought back before parliament this week, which will create a presumption against bail for young offenders charged with certain offences.
New figures have revealed that of 1,650 youth justice matters looked at by police between July 1 last year and February 28 this year, 117 were "preliminarily identified" as being "potential vehicles" for bail reviews.
About 101 of those cases were refused bail by a magistrate, meaning police did not need to launch a bail review.