Report No. 4, 57th Parliament - Crime and Corruption and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024

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Committee’s report

The committee tabled Report No. 4, 57th Parliament - Crime and Corruption and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 on Friday 5 April 2024. The report can be accessed here.
The report will be debated in the Legislative Assembly in due course.

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About the Bill 

On 15 February 2024, Hon Yvette D’Ath MP, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, introduced the Crime and Corruption and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 into the Queensland Parliament.  The Bill was referred to the Community Safety and Legal Affairs for detailed consideration.   

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The overarching objective of the Bill is to improve the operation and performance of the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) through making a range of legislative amendments, principally to the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 (CC Act).

The majority of the Bill’s amendments implement the Government’s response to various recommendations in the following reports: 

  • the Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee’s (PCCC) Report No. 97, Review of the Crime and Corruption Commission (Report No. 97);
  • the PCCC’s Report No. 106, Review of the Crime and Corruption Commission’s activities (Report No. 106);
  • the PCCC’s Report No. 108, Inquiry into the Crime and Corruption Commission’s investigation of former councillors of Logan City Council; and related matters (Report No. 108); and
  • the report of the Commission of Inquiry relating to the Crime and Corruption Commission (the CCC COI report).

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

The closing date for written submissions was Friday 23 February 2024 at 10:00am. Submissions can be accessed under the “View submissions” tab above.

Timeline

Submissions closed:Friday 23 February 2024 at 10:00am
Public hearing:Monday 4 March 2024 - program - broadcast - transcript
Public briefing:Friday 8 March 2024 - program - broadcast - transcript
Report date:Friday 5 April 2024 - report
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