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Committee's Report

The Committee tabled its Report No. 10, 55th Parliament, Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Smoke-free Places) Amendment Bill 2015 on 15 February 2016. The Bill was passed on 23 February 2016.

View:    Report - No. 10, 55th Parliament - Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Smoke-free Places) Amendment Bill 2015 
View:    The Bill was debated in the Parliament on 23 February 2016 - transcript (page 405 and continues page 446).  
             The debate on the Bill can be viewed by clicking on the movie icon  within the transcript
View:    Minister’s speech introducing the Bill into the Queensland Parliament  
View:    Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Smoke-free Places) Amendment Bill 2015 
View:    Explanatory Notes to the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Smoke-free Places) Amendment Bill 2015

View:    Replacement Explanatory Notes to the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Smoke-free Places) Amendment Bill 2015

Inquiry timeline

Objective of the Bill

The objective of the Bill was to amend the Tobacco and other Smoking Products Act 1998 to:

• create more smoke-free public places across Queensland
• prohibit the sale of smoking products from temporary retail outlets, and
• make minor and technical amendments to clarify and strengthen Queensland’s tobacco laws.

The Bill proposed to:

• Extend smoking bans to include all outdoor pedestrian malls, public transport waiting points, public swimming facilities, skate parks, sporting grounds and spectator areas during organised under-age sporting events, early childhood education and care facilities, and  private and public residential aged care facilities, except in nominated areas.
• Provide for smoking to be banned at prescribed national parks, or parts of the parks, and prescribed outdoor government precincts.
• Empower local government to make laws banning smoking at any outdoor public place not covered by State smoking laws.
• Prohibit the sale of smoking products from temporary retail outlets.