BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 4 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:
JOINT STATEMENT
Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations
The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
The Honourable Dan Purdie
* More than 300 dangerous weapons removed from Brisbane streets since the Crisafulli Government made Jack's Law permanent.
* Since the laws came into effect, police have scanned almost 200,000 people, seized 1,400+ weapons and charged 2,900+ people with 5,800+offences.
* It comes as new crime data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals there were 277,411 victims in Queenslan...