- The Crisafulli Government has introduced the Breach Bail, Go to Jail and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 to Parliament.
- The Bill is the next stage of expanding Adult Crime, Adult Time, and will deliver the strongest bail reforms in the country.
- The bail reforms target serious repeat adult and youth offenders, with a minimum mandatory period of 12 months in a new offence.
- For adults, a range of offences including coercive control and Daniel's Law child sexual offences will also be captured.
- The Crisafulli Government is making Queensland safer through stronger laws, more police, early intervention and rehabilitation which have already reduced victim numbers by 9.6%.
The Crisafulli Government has introduced landmark legislation to Parliament as part of a nation-leading overhaul of Labor's weak bail laws for both adult and youth offenders, to make Queensland safer.
The Breach Bail, Go to Jail and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 is the next stage of Adult Crime, Adult Time, and will target youth and adult offenders who commit serious offences while on bail.
The Bill introduces major changes, including:
Creating a standalone offence for committing a serious offence while released on bail. The offence carries a mandatory minimum custodial sentence of 12 months imprisonment, to be wholly served in custody.
Strengthening the bail threshold for serious offenders by introducing a new "high degree of confidence" test. Under the test, police or a court must refuse bail unless satisfied to a high degree of confidence that the offender will not commit another serious offence while on bail.
For youth offenders this is any Adult Crime, Adult Time offence.
For adults, a serious offence includes all Adult Crime, Adult Time offences, as well as coercive control and Daniel's Law child sexual offences.
The reforms ensure a defendant cannot be granted bail unless they show cause as to why their detention is not justified and satisfy police or the court to a high degree of confidence that they will not commit a further serious offence while on bail.
The Crisafulli Government has committed to passing the stronger bail laws by the end of the year.
For a decade, the former Labor Government weakened Queensland's youth crime laws, including making detention a last resort and removing breach of bail as an offence, creating a Youth Crime Crisis that saw victim numbers explode by 193 per cent.
The former Labor Government left chronic failures in our youth detention and prison system, with major capacity issues and no rehabilitation, but the Crisafulli Government is doing the work to increase capacity and will continue to deliver the infrastructure needed to keep Queenslanders safe.
The Crisafulli Government is committed to making Queensland safer through stronger laws, more police, early intervention and rehabilitation, with Police data showing a 9.6% drop in victim numbers.
Premier David Crisafulli said this was one of the most significant packages of bail reform ever taken through the Queensland Parliament.
"We are expanding Adult Crime, Adult Time to deliver stronger bail laws, to make Queensland safer," Premier Crisafulli said.
"We made a promise to take on Labor's weak bail laws, we listened to Queenslanders and we're delivering.
"These are important reforms the Ministers have been working through for some time to deliver the nation-leading stronger bail laws that will restore safety."
Attorney-General, Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity Deb Frecklington said Labor's Youth Crime Crisis created a generation of serious repeat offenders and left too many Queenslanders living in fear.
"Queenslanders have made it clear they want tougher bail laws that put victims first, and that's exactly what the Crisafulli Government is delivering through our Breach Bail, Go to Jail reforms," the Attorney-General said.
"We are also cracking down on offenders who seek to harm children and exploit our most vulnerable, because protecting Queensland kids is not negotiable."
Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support and Minister for Corrective Services Laura Gerber said Queenslanders had overwhelmingly called for tougher bail laws after a decade of the former Labor Government weakening youth crime laws.
"We will always put the rights of victims ahead of the rights of offenders, unlike the former Labor Government who want to wind back our strong laws and raise the age of criminal responsibility, so youth criminals aren't held responsible for their crimes," Minister Gerber said.
"Alongside our tough laws, we are also delivering more early intervention and rehabilitation programs than ever before to help turn young lives away from crime and prevent the next generation of youth offenders."
Minister for Police and Emergency Services Dan Purdie said the Crisafulli Government was delivering more police, stronger laws and fewer victims.
"The Crisafulli Government is committed to giving police the laws, resources and support they need to target Labor's generation of serious repeat offenders who have been allowed to terrorise Queenslanders in their homes and on the streets for far too long under the former Government," Minister Purdie said.
"We are delivering the fresh start Queenslanders voted for with more police, stronger laws and fewer victims including tougher bail laws after Labor spent a decade weakening bail laws as the Youth Crime Crisis continued to spiral out of control and victim numbers skyrocketed by 193 per cent."
Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Amanda Camm said the Crisafulli Government was continuing its tough stance against domestic violence perpetrators after introducing laws last year to make coercive control a criminal offence.
"Coercive control and domestic and family violence have no place in our society, and too many have already lost their lives as a result," Minister Camm said.
"The inclusion of coercive control under the strongest bail reforms in the country reinforces our resolve to improve the lives of Queensland women and children who, all too frequently and tragically, experience harm at the hands of others."
