Qld on precipice of youth crime change as victims rage
Queensland is on the precipice of long-overdue youth crime reform with the release of an alternative sentencing model that would […]
Youth crime can’t get any worse. NT Government: ”Hold my beer”
Tune in Queensland is the message from Hinchinbrook MP and Katter’s Australian Paty (KAP) Deputy Leader, Nick Dametto, as the
Townsville: A city under siege
The last week in Townsville has seen back-to-back home invasions, robberies, assaults and even a homicide, leaving the State Member
Palaszczuk Government writes another YJ hall pass
Legislation was passed in the Queensland Parliament this week making various changes to corrective services legislation within Queensland. One such change was to criminalise the act of adult prisoners gaining access to restricted areas of correctional centres, namely rooftops.
Federal MP’s office broken into, slams revolving door of youth crime
KATTER’S Australian Party MP Bob Katter is frustrated with the “revolving door” of youth crime policy, sympathising with Queensland’s juvenile offenders caught up in the system, following an alleged break into his Mount Isa electorate office late Sunday night.
Triple fatality a tragic failure of the Palaszczuk Government
Youth crime in Queensland has surged to catastrophic levels following the tragic and senseless crash in Maryborough over the weekend that left three people dead and another critically injured. The vehicle that caused the carnage was allegedly stolen and being driven by a 13-year-old boy who was known to police.
Fears Police Link Flaws Hiding Crime Spree Iceberg: Katter
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has called on Police Minister Mark Ryan to rule out on what he believes could be the “systemic, chronic and possibly deliberate” under-reporting of crime across Queensland.
MAYOR’S SUPPORT FOR CHANGE A SIGN OF THE CRIME TIMES
Long-serving Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill has thrown her support behind Katter’s Australian Party’s (KAP’s) Relocation Sentencing Policy, publicly advocating for the alternative sentencing model alongside a raft of other changes in a bid to address youth crime.
Crime in the North
Member for Hill Shane Knuth welcomes the chance for a public hearing to be held in Cairns to discuss the Strengthening Community Safety Bill 2023.
Premier, don’t forget us: Katter
Police officers are being dispatched from Townsville in an attempt to help tackle Mount Isa’s spiralling youth crime crisis, but Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter wants more.
ROBBIE KATTER MP OP ED: Crime
The youth crime crisis has not only once again revealed the Queensland Labor Government’s ineffective way of dealing with a problem but also exposes their disregard to the regions.
SERVICES MAY STAY CUT AS WORKERS IN FEAR OF CRIME
Essential utility workers, such as linesman and electricians, are being hamstrung in their ability to provide emergency repair services in North Queensland as a result of unrelenting youth crime, Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has said.
Revenue Raising Bonanza
Queensland residents are $185 million out of pocket this Christmas thanks to revenue raising tactics enforced by the Palaszczuk Government through the introduction of mobile phone and seatbelt detection cameras, Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto has said.
Failed leadership in police ranks on track to continue
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto, has lashed out at the Palaszczuk Government over the controversial response to the recent 400-page report following an inquiry into Queensland Police responses to domestic violence and an organisational culture of sexism, racism and misogyny.
Offending kids desperate to escape criminal homes ask for relocation
REVELATIONS that Far Northern parental figures are at times forcing their kids to commit crimes has led to a survey of previously incarcerated school students stating they would prefer relocation sentencing instead of jail, just to break away from their social structures.
Statement from Robbie Katter MP – Updated Atkinson Report
The updated Atkinson Report into youth crime in Queensland was released late last night and proves to Queenslanders what we have known all along.
Youth crime is organised crime: Dametto
Townsville saw scenes of chaos once again on the weekend as “organised” youth crime groups terrorised the streets damaging cars and property and leaving behind a trail of devastation.
Support grows for on-country alternative to juvie
A North Queensland football coach and first aid officer who has spent his life working with troubled youth has put his hand up to assist in rehabilitation of criminal offenders through a trial of Katter’s Australian Party’s Relocation Sentencing policy.
KAP floats sweeping Youth Justice changes: “Do the crime, do the time”
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs have floated sweeping changes to the Queensland Youth Justice Act that would see violent juvenile offenders charged with committing rape, murder or causing grievous bodily harm tried as adults.
Pleas from victims of youth crime can no longer be ignored
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto delivered a strong and emotive message during Parliament this week on behalf of victims of crime as he called on the State Labor Government to stand up and address the youth crime pandemic in Townsville and other areas.
Collective calls grow to send kid crims bush
Queensland councils have collectively endorsed a new model of detention that would see young criminals sent to remote properties to serve out their sentences and engage in therapeutic and intense “bush therapy.
KAP calls for change as crime victims fall foul of law
The Katter’s Australian Party will lobby the Palaszczuk Labor Government to provide legal protections to victims of crime, arguing the current system makes “criminals out of innocent people” whilst providing a hall pass to violent, recidivist juvenile offenders.
KAP calls for grants to arm communities against crime
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has called on the Palaszczuk Labor Government to offer $1,500 security grants to Queenslanders affected by crime in communities that have a property offence crime rate that is more than double the state average.
KAP raises alarm on ‘cotton wool solution’ to crime
Juvenile offenders are more dangerous and brazen and are wreaking havoc on Queensland communities at a rate double that of 2015, Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs have warned.