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Report No. 15, 57th Parliament - Queensland Community Safety Bill 2024
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Committee’s report
The committee tabled Report No. 15, 57th Parliament – Queensland Community Safety Bill 2024, on 2 August 2024. The Legislative Assembly passed the Bill with amendment on 22 August 2024.
View: | Report |
View: | Parliamentary debate on the Bill 22 August 2024 - Transcript pages 2754 - 2798 The debate can be viewed by clicking on the movie icon within the transcripts. |
About the Bill
On 1 May 2024, Hon Mark Ryan MP, Minister for Police and Community Safety, introduced the Queensland Community Safety Bill 2024 into the Queensland Parliament. The Bill was referred to the Community Safety and Legal Affairs Committee for detailed consideration. The committee was due to report on 14 June 2024, however, on 23 May 2024, the Committee of the Legislative Assembly extended the reporting date to Friday 2 August 2024.
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View: Explanatory Notes
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The Bill proposes to:
- enable certain persons and the media to be present at some Childrens Court criminal proceedings
- expand and extend the trial of hand held scanners in public places
- introduce a firearms prohibition order scheme in Queensland
- introduce a verification process for purchasing small arms ammunition
- reform the ‘fit and proper person’ test in the Weapons Act 1990 by expanding the types of serious offending captured, introducing a new category of disqualified persons, and, in certain circumstances, extending the exclusionary period to 10 years
- increase the maximum penalty for possessing a knife in a public place or school
- introduce a framework for removal of online content depicting conduct that constitutes a prescribed offence, create an offence for publishing such material, and increase the maximum penalties for a range of related offences
- increase the maximum penalty for dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death or grievous bodily harm, and insert a new circumstance of aggravation for dangerous operation of a vehicle where the offender was evading police and causes the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, another person
- create offences for damaging an emergency vehicle when operating a motor vehicle, and driving a motor vehicle in a way that could injure or endanger the safety of a police officer
- increase the maximum penalties for: wilful damage to property where the property is an emergency vehicle, unlawful use or possession of emergency vehicles, and unlawful entry of an emergency vehicle for committing an indictable offence
- amend definitions in the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 to remove parent-minor child relationships from domestic and family violence responses, allowing them to be dealt with under child harm or youth justice provisions
- enable a court hearing an appeal in a family and domestic violence matter to make a temporary protection order to protect the victim-survivor
- extend the maximum period before a police protection notice must be first mentioned in court
- allow for a trial of arrangements for corrective services officers to serve prescribed domestic and family violence documents on prisoners in corrective facilities in prescribed circumstances
- expand the options available to police officers to effect document service, including electronically in certain circumstances
- enable electronic signatures to be affixed to all documents executed by police officers
- allow the Police Minister to subdelegate compensation powers to the Commissioner of Police
- harmonise the reporting dates for several annual reports under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 and the Public Safety Preservation Act 1986
- extend the offence of ‘unlawful conduct associated with commission of racing, burn out or other hooning offence’ to include a person who merely spectated a hooning activity without reasonable excuse
- provide police officers with the option of issuing penalty infringement notices for low-level drink driving offences in certain circumstances
- increase the maximum fine amount that can be imposed by a court for drink driving offences and increase the minimum driver licence disqualification that a court must impose for certain drink driving offences
- attach a licence disqualification of 2 months to a penalty infringement notice
- reword youth justice principle 18 to state a child should be detained in custody, where necessary, including to ensure community safety, where other non-custodial measures of prevention and intervention would not be sufficient, and for no longer than necessary to meet the purpose of detention
- increase the number of participants in the electronic monitoring trial by expanding the list of prescribed indictable offences and expanding the criteria for electronic monitoring to include children who have been charged with a prescribed indictable offence in the preceding 12 months
- provide that consideration of risks associated with granting bail, and any conditions that may mitigate those risks, should occur in the one process, prior to a decision to release the child
- amend the arrangements for the transfer of remanded detainees over 18 years old, creating a presumption of prompt transfer
- enable temporary transfers from watchhouses to youth detention centres to facilitate participation in programs and physical exercise at youth detention centres
- regulate the use of cameras and smart phones in youth detention centres
- enable the recording of detainees’ phone calls in certain circumstances
- insert a reference to disability services into the youth justice principles to highlight that a child’s disability needs must be met while they are in detention
- remove any doubt that participation in a program or engagement in a service by a detainee while remanded in custody cannot be used in evidence in any civil, criminal or administrative proceedings relating to the offence for which the child has been remanded in custody.
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
Submissions closed on Thursday 16 May 2024. Submissions can be accessed under the “View Submissions” tab above.
Timeline
Submissions closed: | Thursday 16 May 2024 at 10.00am |
Public hearing: | Friday 24 May 2024 – program - broadcast part 1 - broadcast part 2 - transcript |
Public briefing: | Friday 24 May 2024 – program - broadcast - transcript |
Report tabled: | Friday 2 August 2024 – report |
Related Publications
Publication Details | Type | Published Date | Tabled Date | Committee Name |
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Submissions
- 1 - Philip Heywood
- 2 - Office of the Information Commissioner
- 3 - Duncan Sheridan
- 4 - Connor Prior‐Mead
- 5 - Confidential
- 6 - Name Withheld
- 7 - Name Withheld
- 8 - Confidential
- 9 - Steve Nuttall
- 10 - Matthew Jones
- 11 - David Ingram
- 12 - Jared Cathcart
- 13 - Name Withheld
- 14 - Rene Guhl
- 15 - Christopher Demmel
- 16 - Name Withheld
- 17 - Eric Kerr
- 18 - Adam Hayes
- 19 - Joel Marti
- 20 - Confidential
- 21 - Name Withheld
- 22 - Peter Connolly
- 23 - Sean Cave
- 24 - Rayden Dibbs
- 25 - Name Withheld
- 26 - Ann Robinson
- 27 - Inga Gibson
- 28 - John Said
- 29 - Luke Petersen
- 30 - Glen Cannard
- 31 - Jayson Short
- 32 - Chin Woon
- 33 - Kathryn Dries
- 34 - Scott Dawson
- 35 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (ATSILS)
- 36 - Andrew Filewood
- 37 - Birgit Machnitzke
- 38 - Anton Jones
- 39 - Mick Fuhrimann
- 40 - Hayden Otto
- 41 - Ross Hopper
- 42 - Shaun Moyle
- 43 - Ryan Lucca
- 44 - Elizabeth Anna Robins
- 45 - Mason Feltoe
- 46 - Alana Gregory
- 47 - John Dixon
- 48 - Name Withheld
- 49 - Name Withheld
- 50 - Name Withheld
- 51 - Name Withheld
- 52 - Name Withheld
- 53 - Cameron Dawson
- 54 - Name Withheld
- 55 - Reginald Caillon
- 56 - Gary Harvey
- 57 - Natasha Harvey
- 58 - Sean Richardson
- 59 - Rhys Bosley
- 60 - Ben Kay
- 61 - Richard Brittain
- 62 - Nigel Dullaway
- 63 - Ben Davidson
- 64 - Name Withheld
- 65 - William Buttenshaw
- 66 - Jesse Corcoran
- 67 - Robert Cross
- 68 - Andrew Dauncey
- 69 - Name Withheld
- 70 - Name Withheld
- 71 - Name Withheld
- 72 - Name Withheld
- 73 - Name Withheld
- 74 - Confidential
- 75 - Daniel Lim Bromilow
- 76 - Lawrence Lyons
- 77 - Name Withheld
- 78 - Name Withheld
- 79 - David Pattel
- 80 - Confidential
- 81 - Daniel Rose
- 82 - Name Withheld
- 83 - Hayden Spence
- 84 - Gavin Organ
- 85 - Aliki Strydom-Hensen
- 86 - James Williamson
- 87 - Name Withheld
- 88 - Aaron Wulff
- 89 - Australia's Right to Know (ARTK)
- 90 - Project Paradigm
- 91 - Michael Peter
- 92 - Kenneth Pitt
- 93 - Scott Bailey
- 94 - James McKenzie
- 95 - Graham Hitchenor
- 96 - Jake O'Connor
- 97 - Mark Egan
- 98 - Michelle Saunders
- 99 - Dave Williams
- 100 - Paul Martin
- 101 - Name Withheld
- 102 - Daniel Christie
- 103 - Lachlan Campbell
- 104 - Jonathon Foster
- 105 - Michael Hodge
- 106 - Robert McLear
- 107 - Name Withheld
- 108 - Name Withheld
- 109 - John Teitzel
- 110 - Chris Wieden
- 111 - Free Speech Union of Australia
- 112 - Queenslanders with Disability Network
- 113 - Soroptimist International of Brisbane Inc
- 114 - Shooters Union QLD Pty Ltd
- 115 - Firearm Dealers Association QLD Inc
- 116 - North Queensland Rifle Association
- 117 - Logan City Council
- 118 - YFS Legal
- 119 - Domestic Violence Prevention Centre Gold Coast
- 120 - Womens Legal Service Queensland
- 121 - Tobias Braxton
- 122 - Chad Monroe
- 123 - Kyl Dunne
- 124 - Tim Pinchers
- 125 - Youth Advocacy Centre
- 126 - Queensland Mental Health Commission
- 127 - Shopping Centre Council of Australia
- 128 - PeakCare
- 129 - Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS)
- 130 - Queensland Council for Civil Liberties (QCCL)
- 131 - Uniting Church in Australia Queensland Synod
- 132 - Legal Qid Queensland and SUPPLEMENTARY
- 133 - Justice Reform Initiative
- 134 - Local Government Association of Queensland
- 135 - NIOA Australia and New Zealand
- 136 - Shooting Industry Foundation Australia
- 137 - Family Responsibilities Commission
- 138 - TASC Legal and Social Justice Services
- 139 - DV Connect
- 140 - Cairns Regional Council
- 141 - Queensland Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies Ltd (QNADA)
- 142 - Henk Harms
- 143 - Name Withheld
- 144 - Jenelle Stark
- 145 - Nathan Armstrong
- 146 - Antonia Anning
- 147 - Flynn Griell
- 148 - Christopher Ray
- 149 - Confidential
- 150 - Peter Senior
- 151 - Name Withheld
- 152 - Samara McPhedran
- 153 - Leighton Taske
- 154 - Shannon Blanch
- 155 - Kerry Perkins
- 156 - Adam Burling
- 157 - Name Withheld
- 158 - Christopher Broad
- 159 - Iain Tivendale
- 160 - Name Withheld
- 161 - Confidential
- 162 - Name Withheld
- 163 - Michelle Bailey
- 164 - Robert Tratt
- 165 - Cate McKenna
- 166 - Mark Molachino
- 167 - Christian Bandiko
- 168 - Kelly Hafemeister
- 169 - Rob McLear
- 170 - Joayn Hahn
- 171 - Benjamin Smith
- 172 - Darren Abbott
- 173 - Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion
- 174 - Ian Simmons
- 175 - Together Queensland
- 176 - Jon Griffiths
- 177 - David Bowling
- 178 - Shannon Beard
- 179 - Anglicare Southern Queensland
- 180 - Kristy Little
- 181 - Luke Little
- 182 - Craig Avenell
- 183 - James Mueller
- 184 - Lia Cragnolini
- 185 - Peter McKenzie
- 186 - Carl Graff
- 187 - Warren Farmer
- 188 - Royce Wilson
- 189 - Office of the Public Guardian
- 190 - Warren Howe
- 191 - Daniel Jackson
- 192 - Christine Thomson
- 193 - Rebecca Miller
- 194 - Andrew Bartley
- 195 - Paul Hales
- 196 - Natalie English
- 197 - Rob Blomfield
- 198 - Matt Hallas
- 199 - Peter Morton
- 200 - Joseph Ford
- 201 - Cody Mackenzie
- 202 - Che Hartley
- 203 - John Davis
- 204 - Peter Campbell
- 205 - Mark Browne
- 206 - Jade Phillips
- 207 - Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak Limited (QATSICPP)
- 208 - North Queensland Women's Legal Service
- 209 - Stephen Andrew MP, Member for Mirani
- 210 - Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS)
- 211 - Queensland Law Society
- 212 - Queensland Human Rights Commission
- 213 - eSafety Commissioner
- 214 - Cameron Campbell
- 215 - Dougal Johnston
- 216 - Sean Hinson
- 217 - Stephen Allard
- 218 - Jeremy Starrs
- 219 - Number not allocated
- 220 - Charmaine Harries
- 221 - Paula Leslie
- 222 - Ian Busby
- 223 - knowmore
- 224 - Deborah Cook
- 225 - Sean Campbell
- 226 - David Bond
- 227 - Queensland Family and Child Commission
- 228 - Richard Brooking
- 229 - Steven Hutchison
- 230 - Confidential
- 231 - Russell Howard
- 232 - Jacob Landesmann
- 233 - Ricky Mead
- 234 - Adam Towner
- 235 - Annie Williams
- 236 - Andrew Dauncey
- 237 - Olivia Bell
- 238 - Joanne Robinson
- 239 - Professor Tamara Walsh
- 240 - AgForce Queensland
- 241 - Queensland Police Union of Employees
- 242 - Spinal Life Australia
- 243 - Form A or Variation of Form A
- 244 - Form B or Variation of Form B
- 245 - Form C or Variation of Form C
- 246 - Form D or Variation of Form D
- 247 - Form E or Variation of Form E
- 248 - Form F or Variation of Form F
- 249 - Mark O'Connell
- 250 - Clive Wall RFD KC