Townsville car thefts up despite tough new laws

Email Townsville’s car thieves aren’t backing down, with vehicle thefts creeping up in the first full month under Queensland’s hard line Adult Crime, Adult Time laws. See what the Youth Justice Minister’s office had to say about it.

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