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Labor to back Crisafulli LNP’s bail crackdown despite hefty criticism

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Queensland's Labor Opposition will support the state government’s “breach bail, go to jail” bill, despite significant criticisms from stakeholders and their own reservations about its impact on the justice system. The proposed law mandates a 12-month minimum jail sentence for those who breach bail after being charged with specific offenses, adding pressure to an already strained prison system. Labor's support comes as they face internal leadership challenges and criticism over their stance on similar bills introduced by the government previously.

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Queensland's Labor Opposition has announced its support for Premier Steven Crisafulli's LNP government's controversial "Breach Bail, Go to Jail and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026, despite significant reservations about the bill’s impact on the justice system. The bill aims to implement a mandatory 12-month minimum jail sentence for those who breach bail conditions after being charged with specific offences. Labor MPs Di Farmer, Peter Russo, and Melissa McMahon** signed a statement expressing their concerns but ultimately decided not to vote against the legislation.

The committee report recommending passage of the bill was published on Friday following warnings from major stakeholders about potential negative consequences, including increased pressure on an already strained prison system and delays in court proceedings due to reduced incentives for defendants to plead guilty. The Labor leadership faces internal criticism and lagging poll numbers amid these developments.

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Despite Labor MPs on the committee writing a statement of reservation to sit alongside the committee report, reiterating these and other concerns, the statement’s first paragraphs reveal the party will not vote against the bill. “To be clear, the Queensland Labor Opposition will support the Breach Bail, Go to Jail and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026,” the statement signed by MPs Di Farmer, Peter Russo and Melissa McMahon said.

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🔮 Queensland’s Labor Opposition will wave through the government’s controversial bail crackdown, despite significant concerns about the proposed laws and their impact on the justice system.

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Labor to back Crisafulli LNP’s bail crackdown despite hefty criticism · assertive framing

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Queensland’s Labor Opposition will wave through the government’s controversial bail crackdown, despite significant concerns about the proposed laws and their impact on the justice system. asserted

Opposition → wave → system

A Crisafulli LNP-controlled government committee published its report on the “breach bail, go to jail” bill on Friday, recommending it be passed with no changes after a raft of major stakeholders urged caution or change. asserted

raft → control → caution

The move comes at the end of a trying week for Labor leader Steven Miles, who has been facing publicly aired internal grumblings about his leadership direction halfway into the electoral cycle and lagging poll numbers. asserted

who → come → cycle

Aimed at making it harder for people charged with specific offences while on bail to be released into the community, the bill will apply a mandatory 12-month minimum jail sentence to those guilty of the new related offence. asserted

bill → aim → offence

The government conceded the changes will heap further pressure on the state’s already under-strain prison system, while arguing the change is needed. asserted

change → concede → system

Critics have warned it will likely only further drive offending. asserted

it → warn → offending

Queensland’s Bar Association also told the committee the bill would remove incentives for people to plead guilty, leading to delays across the entire court system, as well as a stricter bail test currently facing a High Court challenge. asserted

people → tell → challenge

statement → write → Farmer

They noted that the opposition supported the initial adult time for adult crime “slogan” bills introduced by the government, saying the fact the LNP was back for a ninth similar justice bill “is an admission that their repeated attempts have failed”. asserted

attempts → note → bill

“It must be said that these laws have the potential to break the system without proper and careful planning.” asserted

laws → say → planning

Despite this, the Opposition did symbolically vote against the most recent “adult time” iteration, when paired by the government with reversal of three-strike drug diversion laws and expansion of police powers to deal with “antisocial behaviour”. asserted

Opposition → vote → behaviour

Prior to this, Labor had faced internal threats its youth arm would “speak out” against MPs if the party did not uphold “Left values” and vote against adult time laws. asserted

party → face → laws

Maiwar Greens MP Michael Berkman, also a member of the committee, wrote a dissenting report saying the idea that the hardline measures would address offending was “predicated on the LNP’s wilful ignorance and delusion”. asserted

measures → write → ignorance

Public sentiment around the government’s crime response has soured across the past year, despite the LNP’s suggestions its election promised efforts are starting to work. asserted

efforts → sour → suggestions

ABS data has shown victim numbers, a metric to which Premier David Crisafulli has tied his leadership, were already falling across the election year – and fell further across 2025. asserted

Crisafulli → show → 2025