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COMMITTEE'S REPORT

The committee tabled its report No. 9, 56th Parliament - Ministerial and Other Office Holder Staff and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 on 5 July 2018. The bill was passed with amendment on 16 July 2020 (as the Ministerial and Other Office Holder Staff and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020).

ABOUT THE BILL

On 15 May 2018 the Hon Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier and Minister for Trade introduced the Ministerial and Other Office Holder Staff and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018. 

The explanatory notes stated that the policy objectives of the Bill were to:

• provide the Director-General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet with explicit power to conduct criminal history checks to assess the suitability of a person to be engaged in a Ministerial office, the Office of the Leader of the Opposition or an office of a non-government member
• provide the Clerk of the Parliament with explicit power to conduct criminal history checks to assess the suitability of a person to be engaged in the Parliamentary Service including an Electorate Office
• amend the plan details of the parliamentary precinct outlined in the Parliamentary Service Act 1988
• make some minor updates to references in the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001.

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