In play this week
With Queensland MPs back in parliament from today for their latest three-day sitting, youth justice and cost-of-living pressures are likely to be front and centre.
The first is owing to the Crisafulli government’s latest iteration of its “adult crime, adult time” laws being rubber-stamped by a committee last week and due for debate.
But the government has loaded the bill up with more: scrapping the state’s three-strike drug diversion program and giving police new powers to stop “anti-social behaviour”.
Expert groups have raised concerns about all three elements of the laws – as has the Labor opposition.
Welcome back to George Street
Good morning and welcome back to our Queensland parliament blog.
You can catch up on last week’s proceedings here.
We’ll be updating you with everything you need to know from George Street throughout the day.
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