‘Adult crime, adult time’: QLD opposition leader announces strict youth offender policy
If the Liberal National Party wins the October state election, David Crisafulli announced he will enforce a policy where youth offenders will be tried as adults for serious crimes.
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00:00Adult crime, adult time.
00:03I've previously spoken to this body about what that means.
00:06Things like removing detention as a last resort,
00:09embedding in sentencing that the rights of the victim
00:12should come before the rights of the offender.
00:14If you murder someone, that's an adult crime, adult time.
00:19If you wound someone, adult crime, adult time.
00:26If you violate the sanctity of someone's home
00:29and you break in and rob them, well, adult crime, adult time.
00:34Other initial offences will include manslaughter,
00:37serious assault, grievous bodily harm,
00:40dangerous operation and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.