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Youth justice camps to be rolled out in Queensland this year

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  • The Circuit Breaker Sentencing bill has been passed by Queensland parliament today.
  • Youth justice camps are set to be rolled out in Queensland later this year, diverting up to 60 juvenile offenders from detention.
  • Youth Justice Minister Laura Gerber told parliament the LNP government was delivering on an election commitment.
  • National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, Sue-Ann Hunter, said the laws will most impact young First Nations people.
  • Katter's Australian Party leader Robbie Katter claimed the LNP had copied his party's homework.

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The Circuit Breaker Sentencing bill has been passed by Queensland parliament today.

The bill is designed to provide an alternative option to prison for the courts and an opportunity for rehabilitation for children at remote facilities.

Government tenders for companies to run the camps are open.

Youth justice camps are set to be rolled out in Queensland later this year, diverting up to 60 juvenile offenders from detention.

Offenders will be based at the regional facilities for up to six months and will be needed to wear an electronic monitoring ankle tag.

Youth Justice Minister Laura Gerber told parliament the LNP government was delivering on an election commitment.

"We told Queenslanders we would establish two Circuit Breaker programs in remote locations to remove youth offenders from the environments contributing to their offending," she said.

"To impose structure, discipline and provide intensive court-ordered rehabilitation to intervene before these youth become further entrenched in the youth justice system."

The laws are a further progression of the government's youth crime approach, headlined by its adult crime, adult time policy.

National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, Sue-Ann Hunter, said the laws will most impact young First Nations people.

The Labor leader noted criticism from experts about whether children would be safe at the facilities.

"And then there is an additional obligation to report harm or suspected harm to the chief executive of Youth Justice," Ms Gerber said.

Katter's Australian Party leader Robbie Katter claimed the LNP had copied his party's homework.

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