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The 57th Parliament has been dissolved by proclamation dated 1 October 2024. Therefore all Bills, all portfolio committees, and any committee inquiries have lapsed.

At some time after the State election, a new parliament will commence and new committees will be appointed.

Where relevant, a new committee may have regard to evidence and submissions received by its predecessor committee.

About the Bill 

On 1 May 2024, Mr Nick Dametto MP, Member for Hinchinbrook, introduced the Criminal Code (Defence of Dwellings and Other Premises—Castle Law) Amendment Bill 2024 into the Queensland Parliament.  The Bill was referred to the Community Safety and Legal Affairs Committee for detailed consideration.   

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

The objective of this Bill is to broaden the circumstances in which an individual can lawfully respond to a home invasion with such force that it may result in grievous bodily harm or death to the intruder.  

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 2 July 2024 at 10am. Submissions accepted by the committee can be accessed under the “View Submissions” tab above.

Committee’s report

The committee report will be tabled in due course. The report will be published here.

Timeline