青少年保释法- 不见其利，先受其害

如果议会通过最新的保释修正案，则违反保释条件的青少年将不会因为他们的违规而受到任何的逞罚。　

这意味着青少年因涉嫌汽车盗窃、破坏公物、店内行窃、贩售毒品等罪名被逮捕定罪的保释期间，如因违反夜间需留在家中不得外出或远离购物中心等保释条件，青少年嫌犯将不会因此而受到任何逞罚。

青少年应该和所有人一样，他们需要学会尊重法律，更需意识到任何违法的行为都将面临相应法律处罚的代价。  而这次的保释修正案反而会给青少年传递一个错误的讯息，那就是  “即使他们轻视法律，法律也拿他们没办法”。

有鑑于此一可怕的后果， 自由党联盟议员群起反对并努力阻止保释修正案在议会中通过。

英文版/ English version

No punishment for juveniles who breach bail conditions

Juveniles who breach their bail conditions will not be punished if proposed changes to bail laws are passed.

This means an alleged juvenile offender who is arrested and charged with a crime such as car theft, vandalism, shop-stealing or drug selling, and then released on a bail condition requiring them to stay at home at night or keep away from a shopping centre, will not incur any penalty if they breach that condition.

Young people, like everyone, need to learn to respect the law and need to learn there are consequences if they don’t.

This change will give young offenders the opposite message – that they can treat the law with contempt and the law will do nothing about it.

That’s why Liberal and Nationals MPs are opposing this change and trying to have it defeated in State Parliament.