BRISBANE, Queensland, April 8 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement:
Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support and Minister for Corrective Services
The Honourable Laura Gerber
A Fresh Start for Queensland: Major funding boost to kickstart youth crime early intervention
* Crisafulli Government is delivering a major funding boost to arrest Labor's Youth Crime Crisis, with the $50 million Kickstarterprogram now open.
* Kickstarter is part of a $100 million investment to deliver Gold Standard Early Intervention through crime-prevention programs.
* Announcement follows the expansion ofAdult Crime, Adult Time laws in Parliament last week.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering on a key election commitment t...