Labor’s weak laws behind crime surge
Regional Queenslanders are bearing the brunt of Labor’s crime crisis, after shocking new analysis revealed crime rates have surged more than four times compared to Brisbane.
Among the alarming Queensland Police Service statistics:
Shadow Minister for Police and Community Safety Dan Purdie said Labor has failed regional Queenslanders.
“Regional Queensland is the epicentre of Labor’s crime crisis,” Mr Purdie said.
“This is further proof that regional Queenslanders are worse off under Labor.
“The crime crisis has torn communities apart.
“Proud regional cities from Cairns to Mt Isa to the Sunshine Coast have been hijacked by a generation of untouchables.
“Labor proudly and loudly watered-down laws in 2015 and regional Queensland has copped it the most.
“After all of Labor’s promises, announcements, media releases, meetings and forums, nothing has changed. It has only become worse.
“Queenslanders can no longer trust Labor to fix their crime crisis.
“Only the LNP has the Right Plan for Queensland’s Future and that includes making our community safer.
“The Making Queensland Safer Laws will be laws by the end of this calendar year.
“Our Adult Crime, Adult Time policy will restore consequences for actions with youth offenders held accountable for their crimes, with the ability to receive the same sentences as adults committing the same crimes.
“Only the LNP will makes changes to the Youth Justice Act including, removing detention as a last resort and enshrining in legislation the rights of victims ahead of offenders’ rights.
“The LNP will restore consequences for actions to our youth crime laws and send a strong message that if you commit a serious crime you will pay with adult time.
“This is the tough on crime response Queenslanders have been pleading for, while Labor has repeatedly refused to listen for the past ten years.
“Regional Queenslanders are sick of feeling like second-class citizens under Labor.
“Nothing will change unless the government changes in October.”
