Queensland’s New Youth Crime Taskforce To Zero In On Worst Offenders 09/02/2021

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 2 p.m.

A new youth crime taskforce will be headed by Queensland’s anti-terror boss, as the government moves to adopt GPS trackers and law changes to put more child criminals behind bars. Queensland Senator Pauline Hanson is calling for Nazi and Islamic State “symbols of hate, extremism, barbarity” to be officially banned in Australia – including in video games. One in five Australian “screenagers” has been sent unwanted violent or pornographic material, as cyber creeps target kids online through gaming and social media. The NRL Integrity Unit has fined Broncos bad boy Payne Haas $50,000 and ruled him out for the first three rounds of the season following a bust up with police last month. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription at courier mail.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.