<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Brett Beasley, whose son Jack was killed in a stabbing attack on the Gold Coast in 2019, is taking "Jack's Law' to the UK.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Beasley, together with his wife Belinda, successfully campaigned for the anti-knife legislation, which grants police expanded powers to conduct weapon searches without a warrant, after 17-year-old Jack was killed in the random, senseless attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>First introduced in Queensland, it's now in place across much of the country, with the exception of Victoria and South Australia.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cctv-shows-moment-man-kidnapped-off-sydney-street/63c18366-c89e-418d-9ba7-476ff7dc392f" target="_blank"><strong><span>Claim of $1 million ransom after Sydney man allegedly kidnapped on the street</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Beasley is set to meet with UK politicians just days after </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/uk-train-stabbing-what-we-know-updates-explainer/9ac3a054-5aec-4026-b9ef-fe16d9ea4fe5" rel="" target="" title="11 people were hospitalised following a mass stabbing attack in Cambridge"><span>11 people were hospitalised following a mass stabbing attack in Cambridge</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate said the legislation "sends the right signal".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"To be able to take this to the other side of the world, it will save more lives.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/gold-coast-dad-brett-beasley-takes-knife-crime-kegislation-in-the-uk/d55bc379-24fa-462a-b70f-59fa47cf5eac" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That's why (Beasley) is Gold Coaster of the Year, Queenslander of the Year."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Beasley said he thought his son would be "overwhelmed" if he could see the impact the legislation was having.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He'd be a bit embarrassed but he'd love it," Beasley said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>
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