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Queenslandâs police commissioner says officers are looking into the âfull historyâ of the 17-year-old accused driver charged over the deaths of a young Brisbane bayside couple, to see whether the tragedy could have been prevented.
But Commissioner Katarina Carroll has reiterated that media reports the teenager was out on bail at the time of the incident are not an accurate description of the situation.
A vigil was held at the intersection where the couple died.
Credit:Toby Crockford
Asked at a media conference on Friday whether she and her officers were âfrustratedâ that juveniles were committing offences while on bail, Ms Carroll said the media needed to âget the facts rightâ.
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Every week in Queensland, 20 children are taken into state government care as a result of methamphetamines.
The devastating effect of the drug ice on Queensland families has been laid bare in disturbing statistics revealed during budget estimates.
More families who come into contact with Child Safety are struggling with the scourge of ice.
Methamphetamines were a major factor in 39 per cent of cases where Child Safety decided a child was in need of protection.
That is up from 32 per cent two years ago.
In most cases – 78.1 per cent, or 809 children – the type of methamphetamine was ice.
Most of the children affected by their parents using ice were under the age of five (56.2 per cent).