“Obviously,I support decisions around enhancing community safety,” he told reporters on Friday.

The report also revealed the average number of young people on a supervised community-based youth justice order on any day,such as probation or conditional release,had declined slightly from 2018-19 to 1514.

About half had been handed them on more than one occasion,a proportion relatively unchanged for the past decade. Of those admitted to supervised orders last year,the rate for Indigenous youth was 17 times that of their non-Indigenous peers.

Mr Ryan has repeatedly said the latest crackdown on youth crime,announced in February in response to a number of high-profile road deaths involving young people,was focused on a “hardcore” group of about 10 per cent of offenders responsible for almost half of the crime and not responding to existing measures.

Data released in a recent parliamentary question on notice showed this cohort wasmade up of just 305 children between the ages of 11 and 17 at December 31,2020.

Amnesty International Australia Indigenous rights lead Nolan Hunter said the laws promoted “systemic racism” and undid years of reforms to keep Indigenous children out of the justice system.

“No action has been taken to address those systemic problems,such as not locking kids as young as 10 up,and using very effective,evidence-based and community-led diversion programs,” he said.

Debbie Kilroy,chief executive of Brisbane-based prisoner advocacy service Sisters Inside,said the reforms played into the demands of police to the detriment of children.

In a statement released after the bill was passed on Thursday night following a month of public committee consultation,Mr Ryan said $38.3 million would go towards the one-year GPS monitoring trial,boosted supervision for those on bail and support for their families.

A further $60 million would be invested across four years in diversionary support programs and services.