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Exclusive: Over 1,500 children held in Qld watchhouses for at least a week

Over 1,500 children spent at least one week detained in a Queensland police watchhouse from 2018 to 2023, according to data given to TDA.

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Queensland to override human rights with new youth detention laws

Queensland has passed laws that will support the long-term detention of children in police watchhouses. Here’s what’s happened.

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