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Appointment of an Independent Implementation Supervisor
The Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce (the Taskforce), chaired by the Honourable Margaret McMurdo AC, was established in March 2021. The Taskforce examined how best to legislate against coercive control, considered whether there is a need for a specific offence of ‘commit domestic violence’ in Queensland and examined women and girl’s experiences in the criminal justice system, as victim-survivo
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Appointment of a Chairperson to the Law Reform Commission
The Law Reform Commission (the Commission) is constituted in accordance with the Law Reform Commission Act 1968 (the Act).
Section 10(1) of the Act states that the function of the Commission is to take and keep under review all the law applicable to the State with a view to its systematic development and reform.
Section 4(1)(a) of the Act provides that each person appointed to be a Member of the
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Criminal Code (Serious Vilification & Hate Crimes) & Other Legislation Amendment
On 31 January 2022, the Legal Affairs and Safety Committee tabled its Report No. 22, 57th Parliament, Inquiry into serious vilification and hate crimes (LASC Report) in the Legislative Assembly.
The Report contains 17 recommendations, primarily relating to the operation of offences, the improvement of record keeping and reporting of serious vilification and hate crime, and community education and
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Response to QHRC Report Building Belonging – Review of Qlds Anti-Discrimination Act
The Queensland Human Rights Commission’s (QHRC) report, Building Belonging – Review of Queensland’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (the Building Belonging Report), was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on 1 September 2022 alongside the interim Queensland Government response.
The final Queensland Government response provides a response to each of the 122 recommendations made by the QHRC in the Bui
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