{"id":232923,"date":"2019-04-11T11:24:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T01:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=232923"},"modified":"2020-09-21T11:50:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T01:50:36","slug":"crime-petition-goes-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/04\/11\/crime-petition-goes-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime Petition Goes Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_91857\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91857\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/leogeraghty1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91857\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/leogeraghty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/leogeraghty1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/leogeraghty1-176x300.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MBDA President Leo Geraghty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>April 11, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Burnett residents wishing to sign a petition about youth-related crime in Murgon can now do so online.<\/p>\n<p>The official E-Petition was posted on State Parliament&#8217;s website on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The petition, endorsed by Murgon Business and Development Association president Leo Geraghty, calls for a 10:00pm curfew to be imposed in Murgon and more police on the streets in a bid to curb youth crime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It reads:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The petition of residents of the State of Queensland draws to the attention of the House continuing concerns about the level of youth-related crime in Murgon; young people being unsupervised on the street after 10:00pm; insufficient staffing levels at the Murgon Police Station on weekends; and ineffective, soft-on-crime sentences for young offenders through the court system.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Your petitioners therefore request the House to consider additional strategies to combat youth crime such as a curfew of 10:00pm for the township of Murgon; additional police to be rostered for weekend night shifts; additional police on the streets of Murgon between 10:00pm and 5:00am; and tougher sentencing for youth offenders.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Opposition Leader and Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has agreed to sponsor the petition and will table it in State Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Paper copies of the petition area also available to sign in Murgon at Clifton Motors, Murgon Real Estate and the Murgon Visitor Information Centre.<\/p>\n<p>The closing date for both the E-Petition and paper signatures is May 10.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>External link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.qld.gov.au\/work-of-assembly\/petitions\/petition-details?id=3115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">E-Petition &#8220;Crime in Murgon&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Burnett residents wishing to sign a petition about youth-related crime in Murgon can now do so online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":277291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3,24],"tags":[28,1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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