The Aporia · Qld's breach bail laws set to pass parliament next week

Claudia Williams

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🔮 In short: The Queensland government's controversial breach bail laws are expected to pass state parliament next week, Premier David Crisafulli says.

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In short: The Queensland government's controversial breach bail laws are expected to pass state parliament next week, Premier David Crisafulli says. asserted

Crisafulli → expect → parliament

Mr Crisafulli has used an address at the Queensland Press Club to spruik his government's measures aimed at cracking down on youth crime as the LNP approaches two years in office. asserted

LNP → use → office

Mr Crisafulli acknowledged that the changes would "put pressure on the system" but said he would "choose the safety of Queenslanders". asserted

he → acknowledge → Queenslanders

Controversial laws that will see repeat offenders in Queensland, including children, who commit a serious offence on bail face a minimum one-year jail sentence will pass parliament next week, the premier says. asserted

premier → see → parliament

Speaking today at the Queensland Press Club, David Crisafulli admitted the changes will "put pressure" on the system. asserted

changes → speak → system

The premier used his speech to spruik his government's measures aimed at cracking down on youth crime as the LNP approaches two years in office. asserted

LNP → use → office

Outside, unions rallied against the government's proposed shake-up to industrial relations laws, which would strengthen the test for psychological injury claims for workers and give the minister the power to terminate strike action. uncertain

which → rally → action

The proposed laws set to be passed next week, introduce a standalone offence for breaching bail and carry a maximum sentence of three years in jail. asserted

laws → propose → jail

It also includes the introduction of a new test, requiring courts or police to deny bail unless they are satisfied "to a high degree of confidence" that a person will not reoffend. asserted

person → include → confidence

The new offence and new bail threshold apply to youths who commit, or are charged with, an Adult Crime, Adult Time offence, with additional offences captured for adults. asserted

offences → apply → adults

Advocates have raised concerns the proposed laws will expose more children to inhumane conditions, increase pressure on jails and courts, worsen reoffending rates, and target First Nations people. asserted

laws → raise → people

The government has accepted that the Human Rights Act will need to be overridden to implement the laws. asserted

Act → accept → laws

Mr Crisafulli acknowledged that the changes would "put pressure on the system" but said right now the pressure is on Queenslanders. asserted

pressure → acknowledge → Queenslanders

"Faced with the choice of people being able to roam free and maraud and create destruction or, having extra people in a cell, I'll always choose the safety of Queenslanders," he said. asserted

he → face → Queenslanders

Mr Crisafulli said while there would be "initial pressure" on the court system, he believes in the long term it will be a way of "curbing behaviour" and reduce that pressure in time. asserted

it → say → time

Opposition Leader Steven Miles said Labor would support the laws in parliament on the basis that "people who commit offences while on bail should face harsher consequences". asserted

who → say → consequences

However, Mr Miles said the government needed to plan for the impact the changes would have on the state's prisons, youth detention centres and watch houses. asserted

changes → say → prisons

"We remain deeply concerned that more police will get assaulted in our watch houses, more youth detention workers will get assaulted in our youth detention centres because of the impacts of overcrowding and this government's flat refusal to plan to deliver the capacity for that overcrowding," he said. asserted

he → remain → overcrowding

Proposed union-busting powers 'outrageous' asserted

powers → propose → ?

Under the government's proposed legislation, protected industrial action could be terminated if it would threaten to endanger the life, personal safety, health or welfare or cause significant damage to the state's economy. uncertain

it → propose → economy

Queensland Council of Unions general secretary Jacqueline King said it was "outrageous" to give an individual the power to stop protected industrial action. asserted

it → say → action

"The reason why we have independent tribunals is so these issues can be tested [and] that workers have a right to actually argue their case," she said. asserted

she → have → case

"This is something that should never be given to just one person." asserted

that → give → person

Mr Crisafulli said while the unions should have their say, he believed the government's proposal was a balanced approach. asserted

proposal → say → say

The changes are in response to an independent report, with the government accepting in full 74 of its 105 recommendations. asserted

government → accept → recommendations

Ms King said the unions held concerns that changes to workplace laws could lead to a rise in workplace-related injuries and potentially deaths. uncertain

changes → say → injuries

"Workers' safety and workers' protections when they are injured at work are and should be non-negotiable," she said. asserted

she → injure → work

Mr Crisafulli said the changes "largely mirror" the Fair Work Act introduced by the federal Labor government under Julia Gillard. asserted

changes → say → Gillard

"We have to make sure we strike the right balance, and that includes making sure that someone can have certainty of getting the services they need," he said. asserted

he → have → services

Mr Crisafulli said the proposed laws would allow the independent body to hear a case "free from political interference". asserted

body → say → interference

"It gives the right for people to be able to strike, it gives the right for people to be able to have their say, and equally, it gives the right for the government to say … there's an independent umpire over to you, make the decision." asserted

government → give → decision

Qld's breach bail laws set to pass parliament next week

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