CIRCUIT BREAKER SENTENCING PASSES PARLIAMENT TO MAKE QUEENSLAND SAFER AS LABOR VOTE AGAINST REHABILITATION

BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 17 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support and Minister for Corrective Services

The Honourable Laura Gerber

* The Crisafulli Government's nation-leading Circuit Breaker Sentencing has passed Parliament, delivering a new court-ordered intensive rehabilitation program to make Queensland safer and drive down youth crime, despite Labor voting against it. * The new program will be the last stop before detention for youth offenders, for up to six months in remote locations away from populated areas. * Legislation delivers on a keyCrisafulli Government election commitment to turn the tide on Labor's Youth Cri...