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Proposed law changes include allowing children to be detained in adult watch houses for the next three years

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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 26 points 1 year ago

This is the same Queensland Labor that, last year, voted against a bill to raise the age at which children can be tried as criminally responsible from 10 to 14. I don't know how many people here know ten-year-olds, but if you do the Labor Government (and the LNP) think that they are responsible enough to be locked up in prison.

Nobody should be surprised that Labor doesn't give a fuck about human rights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK_7jYthvmY

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 7 points 1 year ago

I guess that explains why the greens did so well up in Brisbane.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

It's definitely indicative of the difference in attitude between Labor and the Greens more broadly, which I think is why the Greens have done so well in the 2020s.

[-] Sternhammer@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

It’s disgusting. It reminds me of how backwards Queensland was in the Joh years.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

I don't know if I'd go that far, but yeah it's definitely not good.

[-] bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Was that in response to the murder of the North Lakes woman in the middle of the night? Around Xmas time?

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

I don't believe it was in response to any specific event. That speech was made in September 2021, and it was voted down by Labor and LNP in August 2022. The bill was brought in an attempt to bring us into line with UN recommendations, with the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, and with the advice of many professionals in fields like healthcare and child welfare. Basically everyone other than police and politicians knows it's a good idea.

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