The Queensland Government is proposing a raft of changes to the juvenile justice system, including:

• review of the Youth Justice Act 1992
• removing the principle that detention must be an option of last resort when sentencing juvenile offenders
• changing naming laws so that repeat juvenile offenders can be publicly named
• making breach of bail an offence.

For full details see Blueprint for the Future of Youth Justice

Media coverage:

• Juvenile reforms 'do more harm than good' (BrisbaneTimes, 28 March 2013)
• Premier Campbell Newman says juvenile justice crackdown a way to deal with 'mayhem and danger' on Queensland streets (Courier Mail, 26 March 2013)