The Crisafulli Government has expanded its landmark Adult Crime, Adult Time laws to 33 youth crime offences, with new laws introduced to the Queensland Parliament this week, as part of its commitment to restore community safety.
The Making Queensland Safer (Adult Crime, Adult Time) Amendment Bill 2025 provides for an additional 20 Adult Crime, Adult Time offences, including attempted murder, rape, attempted rape, torture, aggravated attempted robbery, trafficking in dangerous drugs, and endangering a police officer when driving a motor vehicle.
The expanded list of Adult Crime, Adult Time offences follows recommendations from the Expert Legal Panel which was established to consider further and more complex crimes, in line with the process outlined during the election.
It follows the landmark Making Queensland Safer Laws that were delivered before Christmas, as part of the Crisafulli Government’s election pledge of a fresh start for Queensland. The offences passed before Christmas were the same offences that were publicly committed before the election.
We are giving our courts every tool they need to deliver sentences that reflect community expectations and, importantly, the expectations of victims.
Police officers work tirelessly to protect our community, and this expanded list of offences will not only help protect them as they go about their duties, but also act as a strong deterrent to young offenders.
This is the next major step in restoring community safety, but it won’t be the last, we’ll continue delivering the stronger laws needed to arrest the Youth Crime Crisis.
Intervention
We set in motion the tender processes of $485 million of new investment for early intervention through for the programs like Regional Reset, Staying on Track and Gold Standard Early Intervention programs to give at risk youths the best chance at a brighter future. These programs are at the centre of our plan to reform and rehabilitate youth criminals, to turn the tide on Labor’s youth crime crisis. We are not just focused on delivering consequences for actions – our plan is also focused on effective early intervention and meaningful rehabilitation to help break the cycle of crime for good.
