Youth offenders convicted of serious crimes including conspiring to murder, assisting suicide and assault occasioning bodily harm will be sentenced as adults - under the third instalment of the government's Adult crime, Adult time laws.

BREAKING: Mount Isa Show cancelled
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Hundreds of kilos of drugs found in Mt Cotton van; Mary the Tassie Devil critical but stable; And early alarms for Socceroos fans heading to South Bank
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Man critical after serious crash in Barron
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