- Crisafulli Government will continue expanding Adult Crime, Adult Time laws by strengthening Labor's weak youth bail laws.
- Next phase will target offenders committing Adult Crime, Adult Time crimes while on bail, with a minimum mandatory sentence.
- Expansion to be passed by the end of the year to continue restoring safety where you live.
- New laws build on strong early results that has seen a 7.2% drop in victim numbers after they skyrocketed 193% under Labor.
- Crisafulli Government is making Queensland safer with stronger laws, more police, early intervention and rehabilitation.
The Crisafulli Government has today announced it will expand signature Adult Crime, Adult Time laws to youth bail, as it continues to deliver its plan to make Queensland safer.
Under the next phase of Adult Crime, Adult Time, repeat offenders who commit serious crimes while on bail will be charged under a new offence which has a mandatory sentence.
Breach Bail, Go to Jail reforms Labor's weak bail laws and follows feedback from Government MPs and regional communities who are fed up with repeat offenders released on bail, only to have them reoffend with serious crimes.
The change will build on the first three phases of Adult Crime, Adult Time, which cover 45 offences to make Queensland safer, and has seen victim numbers fall by 7.2% after they skyrocketed 193% under Labor.
The next phase of the Crisafulli Government's Adult Crime, Adult Time, which will be law by the end of 2026, includes:
- A new offence for youth criminals who breach bail.
- The new offence will apply to Adult Crime, Adult Time crimes committed while on bail.
- The new offence will have a minimum mandatory sentence for these repeat offenders.
The Breach Bail, Go to Jail phase of Adult Crime, Adult Time will be law by the end of 2026, with further consultation to occur to determine the length of the mandatory sentence in line with community expectations and will be announced when the legislation is introduced to Parliament.
Premier David Crisafulli said Breach Bail, Go to Jail for Adult Crime, Adult Time, would continue making Queensland safer, and build on the progress already turning the tide on youth crime.
"Breach Bail Go to Jail is the next phase of Adult Crime, Adult Time, which is holding youth offenders accountable for the first time in a long time," Premier Crisafulli said.
"We're heading in the right direction and we've heard from Queenslanders who are telling us to keep going, and we will with reforms to Labor's weak bail laws.
"If a Court gives a youth criminal bail and they reoffend with a serious crime, that youth criminal will get a minimum mandatory sentence behind bars, under these reforms.
"Under Adult Crime, Adult Time, if you breach bail, you will go to jail.
"We promised to make Queensland safer and while we know the monumental task this is, we know our Adult Crime, Adult Time plan is working and we're going to continue rolling out stronger laws to restore safety."
Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support Laura Gerber said the Crisafulli Government would continue to deliver the change needed to turn around Labor's Youth Crime Crisis, a decade in the making.
"Labor's weak laws and fewer police created a Youth Crime Crisis which left Queenslanders in fear and youth offenders walking free," Minister Gerber said.
"Labor cultivated a generation of untouchables and left Queenslanders victim to skyrocketing crime.
"We are turning the tide and Adult Crime, Adult Time is making a difference, with victim numbers down 7.2% in the first year, trending down for the first time in a decade.
"Overwhelming Queenslanders are telling us our stronger laws are working and they want us to keep going, we are continuing to drive this forward.
"Bail is a privilege, not a right and if repeat offenders are breaching it, they should and will go to jail under this next phase of Adult Crime, Adult Time.
"In contrast Labor voted against Adult Crime, Adult Time and have already announced they want to wind it back and raise the age of criminal responsibility so youth criminals can't be held accountable for their heinous crimes."
