BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 15 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:
JOINT STATEMENT
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity
The Honourable Deb Frecklington
Minister for Transport and Main Roads
The Honourable Brent Mickelberg
* The Crisafulli Government is delivering stronger laws to stamp out scrap metal theft and electrical equipment damage.
* Harsher penalties will reflect the level of danger or financial impact to victims of scrap metal theft.
* Highest penalty of 25 years imprisonment applies where a life is endangered, or theft occurs during a natural disaster.
* The Crisafulli Government is making Queensland safer afterLabor failed to take...