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More than 60% of staff at Queensland detention centre quit amid record influx of young people

Use of solitary confinement due to chronic staffing shortages at Cleveland detention centre has detrimental effect on children, advocates say

The Guardian - AU · Jun 18, 2023

Queensland youth justice minister denounced policies now spruiked as ‘toughest in the nation’

Di Farmer told state parliament in 2019 the sorts of measures now championed by Labor would almost guarantee children would reoffend

The Guardian - AU · Jun 11, 2023

Hundreds of children charged for breaching bail in first two months of controversial Queensland law

State’s human rights commissioner says it is ‘troubling’ Palaszczuk government presents those numbers ‘as some sort of positive achievement’

The Guardian - AU · May 25, 2023

Qld top cop right to quit: Minister

A Queensland government minister says it was appropriate for the police deputy commissioner to quit after his vulgar comments went public at an inquiry.

AAP · Aug 20, 2022

The Queensland government spent $1.9 million on Tradies in Paradise campaign, only two have been paid

The Queensland government spent $1.9 million on the Tradies in Paradise campaign, but only two have taken them up on cash incentives so far.

ABC News · Jul 28, 2022

Two tradies wooed by $2m Qld govt program

The Queensland government has spent $1.9 million on an incentive program to woo interstate tradespeople, of which only two people have taken part.

AAP · Jul 28, 2022