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Report No. 9, 57th Parliament - Victims' Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Bill 2024
Committee’s report
The committee tabled Report No. 9, 57th Parliament - Victims' Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Bill 2024 on Friday 19 April 2024. The Bill was passed in the Legislative Assembly on 30 April 2024. The government response was tabled on 30 April 2024.
View: Report
View: Government Response
The Government has three months to respond to the report’s recommendations. Once tabled, the Government Response will be published here.
About the Bill
On 6 March 2024, Hon Leanne Linard MP, Acting Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Acting Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, introduced the Victims' Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Bill 2024 into the Queensland Parliament. The Bill was referred to the Community Safety and Legal Affairs for detailed consideration.
View: Bill
View: Explanatory Notes
View: Statement of compatibility
View: Explanatory Speech
The overarching objectives of the Bill are to:
- Establish the Victims’ Commissioner to promote and protect victims’ rights; and
- Establish the Sexual Violence Review Board to identify and review systemic issues in relation to the reporting, investigation and prosecution of sexual offences.
The majority of the Bill’s amendments implement recommendations in the following reports:
- Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce - Hear Her Voice – Report 2 – Women and girls’ experience in the criminal justice system
- A call for Change: Commission of Inquiry into Queensland Police Service responses to domestic and family violence
- Legal Affairs and Safety Committee - Report No. 48, 57th Parliament - Inquiry into Support provided to Victims of Crime.
For more in-depth information on the above please refer to the explanatory notes for the Bill.
Further information
Further information including written briefings, correspondence, response to submissions, transcripts and answers to questions taken on notice can be accessed under the Related Publications tab.
Call for submissions
Submissions are now closed. All submissions accepted by the committee can be accessed under the “View Submissions” tab above..
Timeline
Submissions closed: | Friday 15 March 2024 at 10:00am |
Public hearing | Monday 25 March 2024 - program - broadcast part 1, broadcast part 2 - transcript |
Public briefing: | Monday 25 March 2024 - program - broadcast - transcript |
Report date: | Friday 19 April 2024 - report |
Related Publications
| Publication Details | Type | Published Date | Tabled Date | Committee Name |
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Submissions
- 1 - The Public Advocate
- 2 - Australian Christian Lobby
- 3 - Domestic Violence Prevention Centre Gold Coast
- 4 - Queensland Sexual Assault Network
- 5 - Gold Coast Centre Against Sexual Violence Inc
- 6 - Ending Violence Against Women and Children Queensland
- 7 - knowmore
- 8 - DVConnect
- 9 - Multicultural Australia
- 10 - LawRight
- 11 - Legal Aid Queensland
- 12 - Queensland Family and Child Commission
- 13 - Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service
- 14 - Institute for Urban Indigenous Health
- 15 - Independent Ministerial Advisory Council