BRISBANE, Queensland, Aug. 20 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
The Honourable Dan Purdie
* Police have charged 281 people in the Wide Bay Burnett district in less than six months of Operation Forge as the Crisafulli Government continues to turn the tide on Labor's Youth Crime Crisis.
* Operation Forge is a statewide, high-visibility operation targeting high harm offences that exploded under Labor - break-ins, robberies and stolen vehicle offences, and is restoring safety where you live.
* TheCrisafulli Government is giving police the laws, resources and support they need to make Queensland safer after a decade of decline under Labor....