• vividspecter@lemm.ee
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    The laws impose adult-length sentences for 13 of the “most serious” offences including “home and business break-ins”.

    Not on the list: sexual assault and rape.

    Presented without comment.

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    Children convicted of them are subject to the same length of sentence as adults. If convicted of murder they must be given a life sentence with a 20-year minimum non-parole period.

    Imagine deliberately setting up a legislative environment where a 10-year-old kid could be sent to jail for 20 years.

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      Fuck I hate that “mandate” bullshit. Yes, the LNP received a clear mandate in favour of this crap. The people of Queensland did vote for this.

      But Labor voters absolutely did not vote for this. Labor MPs have a mandate to oppose it. They can’t, ultimately, stop it going through, but they can at least put up a show of resistance, and their voters would have expected them to do that. It’s a stain on them that they refused to do what they were elected to do.

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    Next step convict parents of the crimes their children do if it’s found that the parents are negligent and allow their child’s bad behaviour.