Making Maryborough Safer
Making Maryborough safer means tackling serious crime and preventing everyday harassment.
That's why the new Queensland Government has given police new powers from 1 July to remove troublemakers from areas in Maryborough CBD while providing outreach services, like housing support for those in need.
Alongside more police, tough new laws and intervention programs for young people, we're working to restore safety for local families and businesses.
New police powers
The Queensland Government’s first new Designated Business and Community Precinct will be in place in Maryborough CBD, from 1 July 2026, to prevent harassment in everyday places and restore safety where you live.
The new Designated Business and Community Precincts will:
- provide police with stronger tools to remove and ban offenders engaging in disorderly, offensive, threatening or violent behaviour in key commercial areas
- allow police to issue 24-hour move-on directions to offenders and banning notices of up to one month for repeat or serious offenders.
Contravening these directions will be a criminal offence.
The reforms will also strengthen Jack’s Law wanding powers and allow police to search and detect knives and weapons without a warrant in the new precincts to prevent violence before it occurs.
The Queensland Government held community forums in Maryborough to hear from residents and local businesses about the impacts of anti-social behaviour. The new Designated Business and Community Precincts have been introduced because of this community feedback.
More police
The Queensland Government is continuing to deliver initiatives that make Queensland safer. Maryborough will see ongoing high-visibility policing and patrols to respond to anti-social behaviour.
Progress is being made, but there’s more to be done.
In Maryborough from July 2025 to May 2026, there were:
- 146 ‘Move on directions’
- 526 drug offences
- 347 persons scanned and 9 weapons located under Jack’s Law
- 991 offenders arrested.
Outreach services for those in need
Alongside the new laws and Designated Business and Community Precincts, the Queensland Government is also working to address the root causes of anti-social behaviour by providing outreach services, like housing and mental health support, for those in need.
These enhanced pathways will help vulnerable individuals at risk of homelessness and anti-social behaviour access the right supports when needed.
Find out how else we’re making Queensland safer.
