Queensland will introduce more severe punishments for violent offenders in the wake of the stabbing death of North Lakes mother Emma Lovell.
The new measures target young offenders in particular, with sentencing to take into account an accused's previous criminal activity and bail history.
New penalties have been announced despite repeated warnings from advocates that there are no "overnight solutions" to curb youth crime, along with calls for a focus on preventive measures.
Rather then making things better for young people, and there-by making them less likely to offend in the first place, we just throw more money at the problem and nothing gets fixed. Just another day in politics.