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Report No. 5, 58th Parliament - Domestic and Family Violence Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
COMMITTEE’S REPORT
The committee tabled its Domestic and Family Violence Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 on 20 June 2025. The government has three months to respond to the report’s recommendations. Once tabled, the government response will be published here. The report will be debated in the Legislative Assembly in due course.
View: Report
View: Executive Summary
ABOUT THE BILL
On 30 April 2025, the Hon Amanda Camm MP, Minister for Families, Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Child Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence introduced the Domestic and Family Violence Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 into the Queensland Parliament. The Bill was referred to the Education, Arts and Communities Committee for detailed consideration.
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The Bill proposed amendments to the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 (DFVP Act) to improve productivity for operational police officers when responding to DFV, provide victim survivors with immediate protections against respondents and make other technical amendments to DFV legislation. The Bill also proposed to amend the Evidence Act 1977 to expand the video-recorded evidence-in-chief (VREC) framework.
The objectives of the Bill:
- establish a framework for police protection directions (PPDs) to improve efficiencies for police responding to DFV and reduce the operational impacts of the current DFV legislative framework. The Bill proposed to empower police officers to administratively issue immediate long-term protection directions without filing an application for a proceeding before a court.
- support an electronic monitoring pilot for high-risk DFV perpetrators, with devices to operate 24/7 and alerts to be monitored and responded to. Safety devices would also be offered to aggrieved persons and named persons.
- simplify, streamline and expand the VREC framework to all Magistrates Courts in Queensland to support victim survivors of DFV when giving evidence.
- clarify that a VREC statement can be considered in civil proceedings under the DFVP Act.
- make other technical amendments to the DFVP Act to strengthen the maintenance of the Approved Provider List (used by courts when making an intervention order that requires a respondent to attend an approved intervention program or counselling facilitated by an approved provider).
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The closing date for written submissions was 5pm on Friday 30 May 2025. Submissions accepted by the committee can be accessed under the “View Submissions” tab above.
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.
Timeline
Submissions closed: | 5pm on Friday 30 May 2025 |
Public briefing: | Wednesday 21 May 2025 – 9.45am to 11.15am - program - broadcast - transcript |
Public hearings: | Mackay – Friday 23 May 2025 – 9am to 11am - program - transcript |
Cairns – Tuesday 3 June 2025 – 9am to 11am - program - transcript | |
Brisbane – Monday 9 June 2025 – 8am to 12pm - program - broadcast - transcript | |
Report tabled: | Friday 20 June 2025 - report |
Related Publications
Publication Details | Type | Published Date | Tabled Date | Committee Name |
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Submissions
- 1 - Lauren Taylor
- 2 - City Women Toowoomba
- 3 - Brett Pashen
- 4 - Gold Coast Centre against sexual violence inc
- 5 - Queensland Mental Health Commission
- 6 - Name Withheld
- 7 - North Queensland Women's Legal Service
- 8 - Edith Anne Millen
- 9 - 4 Voices Global Limited
- 10 - Queensland Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies
- 11 - Queensland Family and Child Commission
- 12 - Australian College of Nurse Practitioners
- 13 - PeakCare
- 14 - Anglicare Southern Queensland
- 15 - Soroptimist International Brisbane Inc
- 16 - Respect Inc
- 17 - NAPCAN
- 18 - Queensland Council for Civil Liberties
- 19 - The Salvation Army Australia
- 20 - Services and Practitioners for the Elimination of Abuse Queensland (SPEAQ)
- 21 - Queensland Sexual Assault Network (QSAN)
- 22 - Tracey Smith
- 23 - Name Withheld
- 24 - Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak Limited
- 25 - Colby Smith
- 26 - Mayor Tom Tate City of Gold Coast
- 27 - Name Withheld
- 28 - Settlement Services International (SSI)
- 29 - Frank Drew
- 30 - The Red Rose Foundation
- 31 - Name Withheld
- 32 - Centacare FNQ
- 33 - DVConnect
- 34 - Immigrant Women's Support Service
- 35 - Name Withheld
- 36 - The Centre for Women & Co
- 37 - Women's Legal Service Queensland
- 38 - Queensland Independent Disability Advocacy Network
- 39 - Ellie Bedells
- 40 - Combined Women's Refuge Group Southeast Queensland
- 41 - Queer and Trans Workers Against Violence
- 42 - Islamic Women's Association of Australia Ltd (IWAA)
- 43 - LGBTI Legal Service Inc
- 44 - Archdiocese of Brisbane and Centacare
- 45 - Australian Christian Lobby
- 46 - Refugee and Immigration Legal Service (RAILS)
- 47 - Local Government Association of Queensland
- 48 - Shooters Union Queensland Pty Ltd
- 49 - Louise Smith
- 50 - Miracle Mums Movement Inc
- 51 - Queenslanders with Disability Network (QDN)
- 52 - Sisters Inside Inc
- 53 - Legal Aid Queensland
- 54 - Family Responsibilities Commission
- 55 - Nicole Grings Schmidt
- 56 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (Qld) Ltd
- 57 - Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS)
- 58 - Confidential
- 59 - Lamberr Wungarch Justice Group
- 60 - Office of the Information Commissioner
- 61 - Confidential
- 62 - Hub Community Legal
- 63 - Caxton Legal Centre and HopgoodGanim Lawyers
- 64 - Queensland Police Union of Employees
- 65 - Beck O'Connor, Victims' Commissioner
- 66 - Mark Marson
- 67 - Cairns Community Legal Centre
- 68 - The DFV Community Advocacy Group
- 69 - Full Stop Australia
- 70 - Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service
- 71 - Queensland Law Society
- 72 - Rights in Action (Jerry John, Principal Advocate)
- 73 - Institute for Collaborative Race Research
- 74 - The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
- 75 - Queensland Human Rights Commission