Out of Hand – Assaults increase 153% in Toowoomba

Shocking new crime data has revealed a major rise in the number of assaults since Labor came to power in 2015, in another sign Labor’s soft laws have wreaked havoc across Toowoomba.

New Queensland Police Service (QPS) statistics reported 1,310 assaults in Toowoomba in the 12 months to September 2024.

Since Labor came to power, assaults have increased by a whopping 153%.

Shadow Minister for Police and Community Safety Dan Purdie said nothing would change unless the government changed.

“Time’s up for Labor’s decade of failures, the only way to end Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis is by changing the government,” Mr Purdie said.

“We need a Fresh Start for Queensland and the LNP has the plan to deliver it. 

“The LNP will restore safety where you live with Adult Crime, Adult Time, Gold Standard Early Intervention and Detention with Purpose.

“Labor’s weak crime laws and failure to deliver gold standard early intervention has left Queensland with a generation of hardcore repeat offenders.

“While Labor MPs have been desperately denying youth crime, the LNP has been listening to Queenslanders. 

“Labor is desperate to hold onto power, but unless we change the government, we’ll continue to get more of the same under Labor.

“Queenslanders had been held hostage by Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis, but the LNP was committed to making our community safer with Adult Crime, Adult Time, and Gold Standard Early Intervention.

“Only by preventing, intervening, diverting, rehabilitating, and protecting can we end Labor’s Youth Crime Crisis and restore safety where you live. “We must restore discipline and consequences for actions and put the rights of the victims ahead of offenders.

“If an LNP government is elected this week, the Making Queensland Safer Laws will be laws by the end of the year.

“This is the opportunity for a Fresh Start with the LNP’s Right Plan for Queensland’s Future.”

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