Qld premier meets with ministers for imminent reshuffle Queensland's health minister is expected to be removed from the troubled portfolio with the premier on the eve of a major cabinet shake-up. The New Daily · May 17, 2023
Fears for increased First Nations incarceration grow as Indigenous legal services cut There are concerns innocent people will end up in jail as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal services are withdrawn in Queensland and New South Wales amid claims of a funding shortfall, leaving more people to represent themselves in court. ABC News · May 16, 2023
Queensland to decriminalise sex work as review recommends new advertising rules Government ‘broadly supportive’ as report recommends allowing for ads and scrapping of police powers The Guardian - AU · Apr 24, 2023
Queensland charts a path to making sex work legal Sex work would be decriminalised in Queensland under a review recommending a major overhaul as the government seeks to bring the sector "out of the dark". AAP · Apr 23, 2023
Couran Cove stoush set to continue as Queensland government unable to intervene Residents at a South Stradbroke Island resort will spend another night without power and water as the state government says it is unable to end a long-running dispute. ABC News · Apr 18, 2023
Queensland reviews online sales and delivery of alcohol The Queensland government is considering a new regulatory framework for online alcohol sales and deliveries and is seeking input from the liquor industry. AAP · Apr 11, 2023
Queensland on the front foot against sex discrimination A legal requirement to take steps to eliminate sex discrimination and harassment has the Queensland government's support as it flags law reform. AAP · Apr 3, 2023
Queensland to abolish clause used to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people Palaszczuk government accepts report into law that enabled Brisbane’s Citipointe Christian College to warn teachers they could be fired for being openly homosexual The Guardian - AU · Apr 3, 2023
Queensland is set to have 'the strongest hate crime laws in the country'. Here's what that means Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said there was no room for hateful ideologies, after several recent anti-Semitic incidents in Brisbane. ABC News · Mar 29, 2023
Nazis to face jail in Qld for showing hate symbols Queensland is set to follow Victoria and NSW in banning Nazi and other extremist symbols to stamp out racial, religious, sexual and gender identity hatred. The New Daily · Mar 28, 2023
Neo-Nazis to face jail in Qld for showing hate symbols Queensland is set to follow Victoria and NSW in banning Nazi and other extremist symbols to stamp out racial, religious, sexual and gender identity hatred. AAP · Mar 28, 2023
Donor-conceived woman welcomes Queensland government's in-principle support for register Sarah found out she was donor-conceived on her 18th birthday. It would take her a decade to find her donor but proposed law reforms in Queensland could change that for others. ABC News · Mar 7, 2023
‘Life and death situation’: Queensland police minister’s claims on youth justice rebuked by experts Mark Ryan criticised for saying government’s move to override Human Rights Act is for ‘the greater good’ The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2023
Queensland backs criminal age rise, youth crackdown National support for a proposal to raise the criminal age from 10 to 12 is still supported by Queensland as the state rushes through tough new youth crime laws. AAP · Feb 23, 2023
AAP · Feb 23, 2023 Queensland lays groundwork to outlaw coercive control Queensland has changed the definition of domestic violence to include patterns of behaviour over time ahead of plans to criminalise coercive control.
ABC News · Feb 23, 2023 Domestic violence law reforms pass Queensland parliament, but consultation on criminalisation of coercive control continues The changes will expand the definition of domestic and family abuse to include a "pattern of behaviour" and will strengthen the offence of stalking.
AAP · Feb 22, 2023 New laws prep Queensland for coercive control offence The Queensland government is preparing to introduce a standalone coercive control criminal offence as updated domestic and family violence laws pass parliament.
ABC News · Feb 21, 2023 Dad of Logan toddlers Darcey and Chloe-Ann Conley killed in hot car questions downgraded charges Kerri-Ann Conley became the first person in Queensland to be charged with murder under an expanded definition. Then her charges were downgraded.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 20, 2023 Queensland Labor backflips to make breach of bail an offence for children With youth prisons full, there are fears the new laws will lead to an ‘explosion’ of children in adult watch houses
AAP · Feb 16, 2023 Qld to make it easier to end community title schemes Queensland wants to allow community title schemes to be wound up with the nod of 75 per cent of owners, and to let bodies corporate ban smoking, but not pets.
AAP · Feb 5, 2023 Consumer complaints continue to trail pandemic Consumer complaints in Queensland continue to eclipse pre-pandemic levels, with the Office of Fair Trading clawing back $11.2 million for disgruntled customers.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 23, 2023 Queensland cracks down on hate crimes in wake of recent Nazi propaganda Labor will introduce a bill to move serious vilification from the anti-discrimination act into the criminal code in March
AAP · Jan 23, 2023 Qld focuses on youth justice, hate crimes Laws designed to tackle youth crime in Queensland will be ready for the return of parliament as the state government outlines it's most pressing priorities.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2023 Irving case prompts review of redress options for miscarriages of justice Exclusive: Australia is alone among democracies who have not ratified UN provision enabling legal remedy for someone wrongfully convicted or imprisoned
ABC News · Dec 15, 2022 Queensland government accepts recommendations from the DNA lab inquiry, foreshadows changes to double jeopardy laws A proposal to amend double jeopardy laws in Queensland will be brought forward following the fallout from the inquiry into the state's failed DNA testing lab with managers Cathie Allen and Justin Howes served with show cause notices.