Department of Youth Justice and Victim Support
OrganisationReferenced in 3 bills
Appropriation (Supplementary 2024-2025) Bill 2025
This bill formally approves $5.74 billion in government spending that exceeded the original 2024-25 budget across 16 departments. It is a standard constitutional process -- the money has already been spent and reviewed by the Auditor-General, and Parliament must now formally authorise it.
Making Queensland Safer Bill 2024
This bill implements the government's 'Making Queensland Safer Plan', centred on the 'adult crime, adult time' policy. It allows courts to sentence children to the same penalties as adults for 13 serious offences including murder, manslaughter, robbery and dangerous driving. It also removes the longstanding principle that detention should be a last resort for children and makes victim impact the primary consideration in youth sentencing.
Youth Justice (Monitoring Devices) Amendment Bill 2025
This bill extends Queensland's trial of electronic monitoring devices for children on bail by one year, to 30 April 2026. The trial allows courts to order children aged 15 and over who are charged with serious offences and have a history of offending to wear a monitoring device as a condition of bail. The extension gives the government time to properly evaluate whether the devices are effective before deciding the trial's future.