Overview
- The new tranche names offences such as riot, unlawful stalking, indecent treatment of a child, choking in a domestic setting, aiding suicide and conspiring to murder, with several carrying life sentences.
- The changes will be introduced through the Making Queensland Safer Act during this week's sitting, with maximum penalties specified for each offence.
- An expert legal panel applied a metric of harm to recommend the additions, and its year-long advice will be released via the parliamentary committee process after the panel's disbandment.
- Youth Justice Minister Laura Gerber noted some added crimes are uncommon in youth offending, and Labor signalled it will examine the bill methodically in committee.
- In parallel, the government will take an antisemitism and weapons bill to debate this week to bolster protections for places of worship and enable prosecutions when phrases such as 'from the river to the sea' and 'globalise the intifada' are used to menace, as the premier cites a 7.2% fall in 2025 crime victims.