The Palaszczuk government's plan to overhaul youth justice laws, including removing the Newman government boot camp orders, has been met with approval from the legal and community sectors – but the government has still drawn fire for not addressing Queensland's policy of sending children to adult prisons.

Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath promised a review of youth justice in Queensland during the election, following the former LNP's changes to the act, which included boot camps, naming and shaming and removing the principle of detention as a last resort.

Queensland is the only state in Australia to treat 17-year-olds as adults in the justice system. Credit:Andrew Meares

Ms D'Ath's legislation, due to be debated in the coming months, will remove boot camp orders as a sentencing order – a move which follows her decision not to continue with boot camps, following an averse Auditor-General report on the effeteness versus cost of the policy, once again prohibiting identifying children dealt with under the youth justice act, as well as removing breach of bail as an offence children can be charged with.

Minors found guilty of crimes for which no conviction was recorded will have those findings inadmissible from any adult court matters, while detention as a last resort will be reinstated, along with Children's Court of Queensland, the sentence review jurisdiction.