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Criminal Law (Coercive Control and Affirmative Consent) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
In response to the Queensland Government’s election commitment to legislate against coercive control, in March 2021 the independent Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce (the Taskforce) was established to examine coercive control, the need for a specific offence of domestic violence and the experience of women across the criminal justice system.
The Criminal Law (Coercive Control and Affirmative C
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Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
The Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 (the Bill) contains amendments making key reforms to the information privacy framework, including to:
align the definition of ‘personal information’ in the Information Privacy Act 2009 (IP Act) with the definition in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Commonwealth Privacy Act);
adopt a single set of privacy principles in the IP Act, based
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Appointment to the Queensland Law Reform Commission
The Queensland 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 Me
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Victims of Crime Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
On 28 September 2023, the Queensland Government announced a significant reform package to better support victims of crime and their families.
The Victims of Crime Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 (Bill) seeks to implement the announced reforms to increase the amount of financial support available to victims of crime and their families by amending the Victims of Crime Assistanc
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