Changes ‘justified’ in light of public anxiety and despite some provisions being incompatible with rights act

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A Queensland parliamentary committee has recommended the government’s new youth crime laws be passed, claiming provisions acknowledged as being incompatible with human rights strike an “appropriate balance”.

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