Before we begin today's episode of Australian true crime, I want to tell you about a new project

we've been working on behind the scenes. It's called She Matters. It's a new podcast from

award-winning journalist and femicide researcher Shirel Moody. Each week, Shirel speaks with

families of women and children killed in Australia, sharing who they were, the joy they brought,

and the love they left behind. She Matters isn't a true crime podcast. It's about lives lived, lives loved and lives

lost. She Matters is produced by Dashmade podcasts in association with bravecasting media.

She Matters is available wherever you get your podcasts.

We had a young boy that was released from detention and he had nowhere to go and he was

threatening to commit a crime so he would go back into the detention centre because all

that he'd been given by the Department of Youth Justice was a tent.

When we raised it with him, that was completely inadequate for a boy who's just

been released from detention, they said, but it's okay, it's a tent in a caravan park.

Catherine Hayes is the CEO of Queensland's Youth Advocacy Centre,

which works to expand young people's access to legal and social justice through practical community-focused support. In other words, the Youth Advocacy Centre is at the front line of youth crime in Queensland,

and Catherine has a unique perspective as someone who builds long-term relationships with youth offenders.

She's publicly warned that Queensland's adult crime adult time model has failed,

pointing to a high re-offending rate,

and she's urging Victoria not to repeat what she calls an evidence-free mistake.

Catherine joins us on Australian True Crime as we continue to try to understand what's

really behind our youth crime wave and how to stop it.

This is Australian True Crime.

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