Committee Details

About the BILL 

On Wednesday, 4 March 2026 the Hon Deb Frecklington MP, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity, introduced the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 into the Queensland Parliament. The Bill was referred to the Justice, Integrity and Community Safety Committee for detailed consideration.   

View: Explanatory speech
View: Bill
View: Explanatory Notes
View: Statement of compatibility

The bill aims to enhance community safety, update legislation to ensure it is fit for purpose and responsive to modern society, and ensure the efficient administration of justice.

The policy objectives of the Bill are to:

• Disrupt the theft, sale and disposal of stolen metal as scrap metal;
• Create greater coronial efficiencies, ease the pressure on the coronial system and streamline the allocation of coronial resources;
• Strengthen the stock offence framework by increasing the monetary penalties for nine stock related offences; and
• Facilitate the disclosure of information to accredited media entities regarding court proceedings.

The Bill also amends a broad range of legislation in the justice and integrity portfolio relating to the administration of justice, including civil and criminal proceedings, right to information and information privacy laws, property law, public records, gaming and occupational licensing.

Call for submissions

The committee invites submissions on any aspect of the Bill, from all interested parties.  Guidelines for making a submission to a parliamentary committee are available here: Guide to making a submission. Please ensure your submission meets these requirements.

Click here to make an online submission to the Bill.

If you are unable to provide a written submission, please contact the secretariat to discuss other options.

The closing date for written submissions is 10:00am on Thursday, 19 March 2026. 

Submissions must include:

• the author’s full name
• if the submission is made on behalf of an organisation, the level of approval (e.g. a local branch, executive committee or national organisation), and
• at least two of the following:
  • email address
  • mailing address, and
  • daytime telephone number.

Please ensure your submission includes the above or it may not be considered by the committee.

Please note: Your name and submission may be published on the committee’s inquiry webpage, which will mean it can be viewed on the internet. You can request for your name to be withheld from your published submission, or for both your name and your submission to be kept confidential (i.e. not published). Decisions about whether and how submissions are published are at the discretion of the committee.

PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS

The committee has scheduled a public briefing on the Bill by officers of the Department of Justice, and a public hearing, on Wednesday, 8 April 2026. See timeline below for further information.

Committee’s report

The committee is due to table its report on Friday, 17 April 2026. The report will be published here.

Once the committee’s report has been tabled, the Government has three months to respond to the report’s recommendations (if any). At that time, the Government Response will be published here.

Further information

Further information including written briefings, correspondence, response to submissions, transcripts and answers to questions taken on notice will be available in due course.

Timeline