Queensland LNP vows to ditch ‘detention as last resort’ approach to youth crime

Opposition leader David Crisafulli says LNP would rewrite Youth Justice Act to put victims first' if it wins October election

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The Queensland Liberal National party opposition has vowed to remove the principle of detention as a last resort from the Youth Justice Act before year's end if it wins the state election.

Speaking in Townsville on Tuesday, the LNP leader, David Crisafulli, revealed more detail about the party's Making Queensland safer laws" and accused Labor of having a conga line of crises".

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