- The Crisafulli Government is delivering stronger youth bail monitoring laws to restore safety where you live.
- Reforms will mean more GPS trackers on youth offenders to reduce reoffending and victim numbers.
- Changes are part of the Crisafulli Government's commitment to deliver safety where you live with stronger laws, more police, early intervention and rehabilitation.
The Crisafulli Government is restoring safety where you live with tough new youth bail monitoring laws introduced to Parliament today putting GPS trackers on more youth offenders.
The Youth Justice (Electronic Monitoring) Amendment Bill 2025 will make electronic monitoring permanent and expand it across the State, delivering GPS trackers for more youth offenders.
These reforms follow the former Labor Government's two botched GPS monitoring trials, that only saw four youth offenders fitted with a device in the first year.
Electronic monitoring devices have been found to reduce the likelihood of reoffending by 24 percent.
For a decade, the former Labor Government weakened Queensland's youth crime laws, made detention a last resort, abolished breach of bail as an offence, and created a generation of serious repeat offenders.
The Crisafulli Government is restoring safety where you live with stronger laws to restore consequences for actions, more police, early intervention and rehabilitation.
Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support Laura Gerber said the Crisafulli Government was strengthening youth crime laws to restore safety where you live.
"We promised Queenslanders we would continue to strengthen our youth crime laws, and that's exactly what we are doing," Minister Gerber said.
"Under Adult Crime, Adult Time, youth offenders now face serious consequences for their actions, and these reforms are another step to reduce reoffending and victim numbers.
"For a decade Labor weakened our youth crime laws and commissioned two botched GPS monitoring trials, which saw just four youth offenders administered devices in the first year.
"The Crisafulli Government is cleaning up Labor's mess and delivering tough youth crime laws alongside early intervention and rehabilitation programs to make Queensland safer and reduce the number of victims of crime."
