LNP plan to crack down on Queensland’s crime crisis

LABOR’S DECADE OF UNREST

Damning new analysis of Queensland Police Service statistics has revealed the full extent of the Queensland Crime Crisis, with an explosive increase since the Palaszczuk-Miles Government came to power nearly a decade ago.

Of the 55 crime category data points, 53 saw increases spanning Queensland’s cities and only two crime categories experienced a modest decline. 

Comparing the financial year of 2015-16 (when Labor came to power) to 2023-24, across Queensland some of the biggest increases include:

1. ​Townsville robberies up 287%
2. Bundaberg stolen cars up 282%
3. Rockhampton assaults up 253%
4. Gold Coast assaults up 136%
5. Brisbane stolen cars up 120%
6. Townsville unlawful entry up 99%

​Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli said Queenslanders had been pleading for stronger laws but Labor had refused to listen for the past decade.

“Our Making Queensland Safer Laws is the tough on crime response Queenslanders have pleaded for," Mr Crisafulli said.

“Youth criminals have been running riot through our communities, knowing there are no consequences and little punishment for serious crime, but this will end under the LNP’s Adult Crime, Adult Time plan.

“Adult Crime, Adult Time will bring back consequences for actions and send a clear message to youth offenders they will serve serious time for their crimes.

“We’ll also get serious about early intervention and rehabilitation with purpose. 

“Queenslanders know they can’t trust Labor on crime and nothing will change unless the government changes in October.”

Shadow Minister for Police and Community Safety and former Child Protection Detective Dan Purdie said these statistics were not the fault of our frontline police officers.

“The dedicated men and women keeping our streets safe are doing a remarkable job, but with one arm tied behind their back,” Mr Purdie said.

“Weaker laws and fewer police, is it any wonder Queenslanders are living through a crime crisis?"

Shadow Minister for Youth Justice Laura Gerber said communities were sick of living in fear.

“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future and that includes making our community safer," Ms Gerber said.

“The Palaszczuk-Miles Government is in chaos and crisis and their watered-down laws from 2015 have done enormous damage to communities across the state.”

​The LNP has previously outlined the Making our Community Safer plan will include:

1. Delivering gold standard intervention programs to divert young people away from lives of crime.
2. Putting victims front and centre of youth justice, with better rights and a priority on supporting victims.
3. Providing victims automatic updates relating to their cases, removing the burden on victims to seek-out information about their cases.
4. Removing detention as a last resort to unshackle the courts and deliver sentences in line with community expectations.
5. The Staying on Track program, which will provide up to 12-months of intensive support for youth transitioning back into the community after detention.
6. Reopening the Children’s Court, removing the provision excluding victims and their families from Children’s Court on the basis of prejudice to offenders and allowing greater media scrutiny.
7. Fixing the broken residential care and child safety systems, to stop the pipeline into youth crime.