Member for Condamine and Speaker in the Queensland Parliament, Pat Weir has welcomed the strengthening of the State’s Adult Time, Adult Crime legislation.

Mr Weir points out that the Queensland Government is expanding its landmark Adult Crime, Adult Time laws to now cover 45 youth crime offences, with new laws introduced to the Queensland Parliament, as part of its commitment to make Condamine, along with the rest of the State safer.

Since the passing of the Making Queensland Safer Laws, more than 4,000 youth offenders have been charged with over 19,000 Adult Time offences and the number of crime victims has fallen 7.2 per cent in 2025, compared to the previous year.

The Bill adds a dozen new offences to Adult Crime, Adult Time, delivering on the Government’s promise to continue strengthening youth crime laws in Condamine to turn the tide on Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis.

Mr Weir said after a decade of skyrocketing youth crime under the former Labor Government, the Crisafulli Government is delivering strong laws to ensure there are serious consequences for actions, after Labor’s weak-on-crime approach created a generation of repeat offenders.

He said expanding Adult Crime, Adult Time was another step towards restoring safety back to our communities.

“We are delivering on our promise to continue strengthening youth crime laws until safety is restored to the Darling Downs region after a decade of Labor’s weak laws created a generation of hardcore repeat youth offenders,” Mr Weir said.

“Youth criminals will not only face tough consequences under Adult Crime, Adult Time but they will also receive early intervention and intensive rehabilitation to help break the cycle of crime for good.

“It will take time to fix Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis but, we are finally on the path towards fewer victims of crime in the Darling Downs region, and we won’t stop strengthening our laws until Queenslanders feel safe in their homes once again”.

Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support Laura Gerber said Adult Crime, Adult Time was working to make Queensland safer.

“We promised the people of the Darling Downs region we would continue to strengthen our youth crime laws and put the rights of victims first, and that’s exactly what we are doing,” Ms Gerber said.

The 12 new Adult Crime, Adult Time offences are:

• Aggravated assault occasioning bodily harm
• Conspiring to murder
• Unlawful stalking, intimidation, harassment or abuse
• Riot
• Abuse of persons with an impairment of the mind
• Indecent treatment of a child under the age of 16
• Choking, suffocation, or strangulation in a domestic setting
• Disabling in order to commit indictable offence
• Stupefying in order to commit indictable offence
• Endangering the safety of a person in a vehicle with intent
• Aiding suicide
• Administering poison with intent to harm.

This article appeared in On Our Selection News, 12 March 2026.