A Save the Children service provider has condemned Queensland's new crackdown on child offenders, which the government admits will override their human rights.
The government will criminalise breaching bail conditions for children, increase the maximum prison term for vehicle theft from seven to 10 years and trial electronic monitoring of people as young as 15 under proposed laws tabled in parliament on Tuesday.
Police Minister Mark Ryan admits the legislation will override will state human rights laws and is not compatible with international standards, particularly protecting a child's best interests and using detention as the "last resort and for the shortest period of time".
