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Suzanne Simonot

Victims demand action on Qld's 'juvenile crime crisis'

The Voice for Victims group is demanding to meet with Annastacia Palaszczuk about justice reform. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Victims' advocates who say Queensland has a juvenile crime crisis have asked for a meeting with the premier and will demand a royal commission if they are not satisfied with her response.

The Voice for Victims group has written to Annastacia Palaszczuk, wanting to speak to her about justice reform before it holds another rally next week.

More than 200 group members rallied outside parliament in August demanding more rights for victims of crime and want a new independent committee established to advise on youth crime.

If their demands are not met by premier, they will use the November 5 rally to launch a campaign calling for a royal commission.

"Our march will commence a statewide campaign to protest your government's disastrous failures driving Queensland's juvenile crime crisis and the crisis of disadvantage in First Nations and other communities," Voice for Victims founder Ben Cannon wrote in the letter to the premier.

"We will seek a royal commission to hold people to account for failures and to drive overdue reform."

The premier met with members of the group last month following the last rally, making promises about tackling youth crime.

The government has this year introduced a swathe of laws to crack down on recidivist offenders.

It revealed an independent advisory group to streamline feedback to government and a bipartisan parliament youth advisory committee to be chaired by independent member Sandy Bolton.

However, Mr Cannon said another committee filled with politicians went against what the victims wanted.

Victims, First Nations people and independent experts have to be represented on an independent committee established to advise on youth crime, he said.

Mr Cannon is hoping to speak with the premier in the days before next month's rally where he will seek approval for the justice reforms sought from their September meeting.

"Innocent people who have died and their families deserve this, as do all Queenslanders who are enduring squandering of billions of dollars of public funds on ineffective responses to crime," he wrote.

Ms Palaszczuk was expected to meet with Mr Cannon next week, a spokesman for the premier said.

Meanwhile, the opposition has accused the government of "cobbling together more policy on the run" in response to youth crime.

Opposition Leader David Crisafulli said Right to Information (RTI) documents released this week showed government figures admitted they had used "almost everything in the cupboard" when it came to policies designed to curb youth crime.

Mr Crisafulli said the documents revealed the premier had still not approved the announcement of two new detention centres worth hundreds of millions of dollars two hours before they were announced.

"If Labor's youth crime policy cupboard is bare then they must immediately adopt the LNP's solutions ... including creating consequences for actions, unshackling the judiciary by removing detention as a last resort and delivering gold standard early intervention," he said.

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