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Victims’ Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Bill 2024
On 1 July 2022, the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce released its second report, Hear Her Voice – Report 2 – Women and girls’ experience in the criminal justice system (Taskforce Report Two), which included several recommendations including the establishment of a victims’ commissioner and sexual violence case review board in Queensland.
On 21 November 2022, the Queensland Government response t
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Clean Economy Jobs Bill 2024
The primary objective of the Clean Economy Jobs Bill 2024 (the Bill) is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Queensland. This is principally achieved through legislating Queensland’s emissions reduction targets.
Queensland’s emissions reduction targets are to:
reduce emissions to 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030
reduce emissions to 75 per cent below 2005 levels by 2035
achieve zero net e
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Government Position on PMB Climate Transition Bill 2023
In July 2021, the Queensland Government released the Queensland Climate Action Plan 2020-2030 which recognises key climate action initiatives across various sectors of the Queensland economy. This includes initiatives such as the Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan, Queensland Resources Industry Development Plan, Zero Emission Vehicle Strategy 2022-2032, Queensland Low Emissions Agricultural Roadmap 2
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Corrective Services (Promoting Safety) OLAB 2024
The Corrective Services (Promoting Safety) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (the Bill) amends the Corrective Services Act 2006 (CSA), the Corrective Services Regulation 2017, the Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004 (CPOROPOA), the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (PPRA) and the Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1984 (POTA) to promote the saf
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Appointment of DPP
Section 4A of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1984 provides that there is to be a Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and establishes the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
The ODPP’s responsibility is to prosecute criminal matters in the High Court of Australia, Court of Appeal (Qld), Supreme, Mental Health and District Courts and the Magistrates Court (in limited lo
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EPA Powers and Penalities OLAB 2024
In May 2023, the Queensland Government released its response to a report from retired Judge Richard Jones and Barrister Susan Hedge’s 2022, Independent Review of the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) Report: Independent review into the adequacy of existing powers and penalties.
The Government noted support for all 18 recommendations except for Recommendation 12 which was supported in-princip
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Marine Parks (Great Sandy) Zoning Plan 2024
The Great Sandy Marine Park (GSMP) is a marine protected area that provides for a variety of recreational, commercial and tourism activities in addition to its primary purpose of conserving the marine environment. It contains a diverse range of natural and cultural values. These include extensive seagrass meadows and mangrove communities, some of the world’s most southerly coastal fringing coral r
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Appointment of Information Commissioner
Section 123 of the Right to Information Act 2009 (the RTI Act) establishes the Information Commissioner and Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) and provides that the Information Commissioner is an officer of the Parliament.
The OIC is an independent statutory body whose role is to:
promote access to government-held information;
protect people’s personal information held by the public sec
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JCU Council appointment
The James Cook University Council is the governing body of the University established by the James Cook University Act 1997 (the Act).
Section 5 of the Act outlines the functions of the University which include providing education at university standard and courses of study or instruction (at the levels of achievement the Council considers appropriate) to meet the needs of the community.
In Octobe
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Improving SEQ koala habitat regs
The Planning Regulation 2017 plays an important role in achieving protections for koala habitat in South East Queensland (SEQ), by ensuring that development is planned and carried out in a way that appropriately considers koala conservation outcomes.
In February 2020, following the recommendations of an independent Koala Expert Panel, the Nature Conservation and Other Legislation (Koala Protecti
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NSSAB appointments
Section 97 of the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017 (the Act) provides for the establishment of the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board (the Board).
The functions of the Board are set out in section 100 of the Act and include:
assessing applications for accreditation of non-state schools;
accrediting schools complying with the accreditation criteria;
assessing and monitorin
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QG Response NSS Accreditation Framework
Queensland Government
Cabinet – February 2024
Queensland Government Response to the Final Report of the Non-State Schools Accreditation Framework Review
Minister for Education and Minister for Youth Justice
In October 2022, the Queensland Government announced the Non-State Schools Accreditation Framework Review (the Review), and in March 2023, the former Minister for Education announced the appo
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