Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the move had been signed off by cabinet on Monday,alongside a further $42 million package for police,ahead of the first parliamentary sitting week of the year.
“We understand how the community is feeling and community safety does need to be paramount,” she told reporters.
After a series of high-profile killings alleged to have been carried out by young people since December,long-running calls from the LNP escalated to athree-point plan on Sunday.
Speaking on Monday afternoon,Palaszczuk confirmed her government’sinitial December response to public and opposition pressure would be broadened and introduced to parliament once it resumed for 2023 on Tuesday.
Cabinet had signed off on a $42 million package for high visibility police patrols and an expanded “flying squad” of police and youth justice department officials.
Breach of bail would also be created as an offence “in the spirit of bipartisanship”,Palaszczuk said.