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QLD Youth Justice Amendment Act 2023 — Electronic Monitoring

Queensland, AustraliaQLD Parliament2023
AdverseMedium precedent
Strategic issue

What was at stake

GPS tracking of children on bail

Key holding

What the court decided

Introduced GPS ankle monitoring for children as young as 15 on bail. Civil liberties groups and Aboriginal organisations condemned the measure as surveillance overreach targeting Aboriginal children.

Authorities

Statutes and cases cited

Statutes & treaties
  • § Youth Justice Act 1992 (Qld)
  • § Youth Justice Amendment Act 2023 (Qld)
Issue areas

Categories

bailgps-monitoringqldsurveillance
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