Committee Details

Report

The Committee's Report No. 36 - Inquiry into sexually explicit outdoor advertising, tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Friday 31 January 2014, is available here.

The government's final response, tabled on 31 July 2014 is available here. The government's interim response, tabled on 30 April 2014 is available here.

Referral

The inquiry was referred to the committee by the Legislative Assembly on 17 April 2013. The terms of reference (below) require the committee to report to the Legislative Assembly by 31 January 2014.

Terms of Reference

1. That the Health and Community Services Committee inquire into and report on the current regulation of outdoor advertising in Queensland and whether reform, including legislative reform, is needed to protect children from being exposed to sexually explicit and inappropriate outdoor advertising.
2. That in undertaking this inquiry, the Committee is to consider:
   1. the sexualisation of children and other adverse impacts on children through sexually explicit outdoor advertising;
   2. the range of outdoor advertising, including roadside billboards, shopfront windows, on public shelters and public transport, and the existing regulation of such advertising spaces;
   3. the adequacy of the existing regulation of outdoor advertising in Queensland, focusing on the effectiveness of the regulatory model to limit children’s exposure to sexually explicit images and slogans;
   4. the regulatory framework for other forms of media including publications and television that limits children’s exposure to sexually explicit and inappropriate advertising and whether such framework could be applied to outdoor advertising;
   5. previous parliamentary and expert reports on the regulation of outdoor advertising; and
   6. any recommendations for reform for the regulation of outdoor advertising in Queensland.
3. Further, that the committee take public submissions and consult with relevant local, Queensland and Commonwealth government agencies, business and industry groups and other key stakeholders.
4. Further, that the committee is to report to the Legislative Assembly by 31 January 2014.

Concurrent inquiry - Classification of Publications (Billboard Advertising) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013

The Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee was concurrently examining the Classification of Publications (Billboard Advertising) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013, introduced into the Legislative Assembly by the Member for Dalrymple on 23 May 2013. 

The Bill is relevant to No. 2.e of the terms of reference above. Submissions made to the Health and Community Services Committee inquiry will be available to the Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee. Details of the Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee inquiry into the Bill are available here.

Public Hearings

The committee held two public hearings in Brisbane relating to this Bill. The transcript for the hearing on 7 August 2013 is available here, and for 21 August 2013 is available here.

Public briefing

Associate Professor Gayle Kerr of Queensland University of Technology briefed the committee on Tuesday 30 July 2013. The transcript of the briefing is available here. A PDF of Associate Professor Kerr's presentation to the committee is available here.

Submissions

Submissions closed at 5.00pm on Monday, 24 June 2013.