Police minister Mark Ryan introduced the amendment as part of a swathe of changes to an unrelated bill in state parliament this afternoon.
In the bill’s explanatory note, Ryan said the change – which will expire in December 2026 – was necessary to ensure “immediate capacity issues” in the state’s detention system can be addressed.
Earlier this month, a Cairns based youth organisation took the government to court arguing the detention of children in watch houses for extended periods was illegal.
It’s the second time the state government has suspended the Human Rights Act, after it passed a bill to make breaching bail a criminal offence for children.
Katherine Hayes, chief executive of the Youth Advocacy Centre, said it was “horrifying” the state’s Human Rights Act has been suspended for a second time.
Maggie Munn, national director at Change the Record, says the government’s move to “sneak” the amendments through in an unrelated bill is “outrageous and harmful.”
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Police minister Mark Ryan introduced the amendment as part of a swathe of changes to an unrelated bill in state parliament this afternoon.
In the bill’s explanatory note, Ryan said the change – which will expire in December 2026 – was necessary to ensure “immediate capacity issues” in the state’s detention system can be addressed.
Earlier this month, a Cairns based youth organisation took the government to court arguing the detention of children in watch houses for extended periods was illegal.
It’s the second time the state government has suspended the Human Rights Act, after it passed a bill to make breaching bail a criminal offence for children.
Katherine Hayes, chief executive of the Youth Advocacy Centre, said it was “horrifying” the state’s Human Rights Act has been suspended for a second time.
Maggie Munn, national director at Change the Record, says the government’s move to “sneak” the amendments through in an unrelated bill is “outrageous and harmful.”
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