Queensland Dissolves Youth Crime Committee Over Political Dispute

The Labor Party and the state opposition are pointing fingers at each other for the dissolution of the committee.

A police car at a crime scene in Cairns, Australia, on Dec. 20, 2014. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images

The Queensland Parliament has disbanded a committee responsible for tackling rising youth crime in the Australian state due to disagreements between the major political parties.

This comes amid an increase in the number of youth offenders between 10 and 17 years old in Queensland in recent years.