Liberal/National Coalition
Party policy · Community safety
One-strike bail rule, 3,000 more police and youth program
Sourced, pending editorial review. Policies are summarised from each party's official material and independent sources captured on 10 November 2026. Summaries were compiled by automated research and have not yet been checked by a human editor — open the cited source to confirm.
What is being promised
Automatically refuse bail to people who re-offend while on bail for uplifted serious offences, hire 3,000 police and 200 PSOs, and fund a $100m youth crime plan.
How it is intended to work
Bail and sentencing law changes; police recruitment; the residential 'Restart' program for repeat offenders aged 12–17.
Who may be affected
- People charged with serious offences
- Young people
- Police
- Announced cost
- $100 million Safer Communities Plan
- Funding mechanism
- Not stated on the source page
- Proposed timeline
- Not stated on the source page
- Says it would introduce a strict one-strike bail rule for uplifted serious offences.
- Says its plan includes 3,000 more police, 200 new PSOs and reopening more than 40 police stations.
- The Nationals say a $100m plan will fund Restart, a residential program for repeat offenders aged 12–17.
Important uncertainties
- No published Parliamentary Budget Office costing was found as at 10 Nov 2026.
Positions on key approaches
Significantly more police should be recruited.
Supports. 3,000 more police.
Bail laws should be tightened further.
Supports. One-strike bail rule.
Crime prevention and crisis response should be expanded.
Partly. Funds a residential youth program (Restart).