00:00Well, this second phase of the legislation was actually triggered earlier in the year
00:06when a 13-year-old boy had allegedly stabbed and attacked a coals worker with a knife in
00:12Yamanto, Ipswich, south of Brisbane.
00:14Now, at the time, the Premier's flagship laws didn't actually encapsulate attempted murder,
00:20so there was, of course, backlash, and in response, the State Government established
00:24back in February this five-person expert panel which reviewed and expanded the framework.
00:31So today, these changes have largely come from those recommendations.
00:35There are more than a dozen offences that have been included to the pre-existing legislation.
00:39Among those includes rape, attempted murder, torture, as well as arson.
00:44Now, the ABC can also reveal that trafficking of dangerous drugs and the ramming of police
00:50vehicles have also been added to this list.
00:53And this all comes after the first tranche of these laws was first introduced and passed
00:58through Parliament back in December last year, and that first iteration included the offence
01:02of murder and manslaughter, but it was all part of the LNP Government's pre-election
01:08promise to deliver these adult crime, adult time laws within the first 100 days in office.
01:13Already, we've heard from the State's opposition, which has criticised these changes and says
01:18that it is evidence that, effectively, these laws were rushed through Parliament.
01:23Now, if any juvenile is found guilty of these crimes, they will face an adult trial where
01:29they will also have much harsher penalties implemented.
01:32Today, these amendments will be introduced into Parliament before they will be debated
01:37and then become law.
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