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Former royal commissioner into youth justice slams Queensland s knee-jerk measures as police welcome new powers
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Former commissioner Mick Gooda has criticised the Palaszczuk Government s youth crime crackdown as an unsustainable knee-jerk reaction.
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Leading youth justice advocates, including a former royal commissioner, have slammed Queensland s crackdown on youth crime, warning the knee-jerk measures will fail to reduce rates of offending and instead push children further to the margins .
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The head of the youth crime taskforce says police are only interested in hardcore recidivists
Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill says youth crime programs have so far not worked