Queensland has a youth crime problem and the laws in place to bring it under control are ineffective, aided and abetted by a lame duck judiciary. The alleged murders of Kate Leadbetter and Matt Field by a 17-year old male in a stolen car has placed a laser-like focus on the inadequacy of the state s youth justice laws. But the raw crime statistics on teenage delinquency and car theft among juveniles demonstrates a much wider malaise. Numbers crunched for this column, taken from official Queensland police statistics, reveals a 61 per cent increase in the crime of unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
Queensland has a youth crime problem and the laws in place to bring it under control are ineffective, aided and abetted by a lame duck judiciary. The alleged murders of Kate Leadbetter and Matt Field by a 17-year old male in a stolen car has placed a laser-like focus on the inadequacy of the state s youth justice laws. But the raw crime statistics on teenage delinquency and car theft among juveniles demonstrates a much wider malaise. Numbers crunched for this column, taken from official Queensland police statistics, reveals a 61 per cent increase in the crime of unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
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Vena Energy Selects Doosan GridTech To Deliver Queensland’s Largest Grid-Scale Energy Storage System (100MW/150MWh)
December 14, 2020 GMT
BRISBANE, Australia (BUSINESS WIRE) Dec 14, 2020
Vena Energy-Australia has named Doosan GridTech as its engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partner to build Queensland’s largest energy storage system. This battery energy storage system (BESS) will play a major role in improving grid stability and supporting the state’s shift to renewable energy. Located near Wandoan in the state’s southwest region, the BESS will have a discharge capacity of 100MW and deliver 150MWh enough to provide power for 57,000 homes.