Committee Details

COMMITTEE'S REPORT

The Committee tabled its Report No. 6, 55th Parliament - Holidays and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 on 10 August 2015. The Bill was PASSED with amendment by the Queensland Parliament on 13 October 2015.

ABOUT THE BILL

On 3 June 2015 the Treasurer, Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships introduced the Holidays and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 into the Queensland Parliament.  In accordance with Standing Order 131, the Bill was referred to the Finance and Administration Committee for detailed consideration.  The Parliament agreed a motion that the Committee report by 10 August 2015.

The policy objectives of the Bill, as outlined in the explanatory notes, are:

• to give effect to the Government’s pre-election commitment ‘Honouring the real Labour Day’ by restoring the Labour Day public holiday to the first Monday in May.  The commitment also provided for the movement of the Queen’s Birthday public holiday from June to October; and
• to support the implementation of an online application service for high risk work (HRW) licences using electronic identity verification and the Department of Transport and Main Roads’ (DTMR) digital bank of customer image sets and card production processes.

PUBLIC BRIEFING AND PUBLIC HEARING

Public briefing – 15 July 2015 - Transcript
Public hearing – 22 July 2015 - Transcript

SUBMISSIONS

The date for written submissions closed on 7 July 2015. Please view them under the “Submissions” tab above.