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About the Bill 

On 21 May 2024, Hon Yvette D’Ath MP, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, introduced the Criminal Justice Legislation (Sexual Violence and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2024 into the Queensland Parliament.  The Bill was referred to the Community Support and Services Committee for detailed consideration.

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

The Bill seeks to implement the Queensland Government’s response to recommendations made by the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce (Taskforce) relating to sexual violence and women and girls as accused persons and offenders. 

The Bill also includes a statutory review of amendments from the Taskforce’s reports (Hear her voice – Report One – Addressing coercive control and domestic and family violence in Queensland (Report One) and Hear her voice – Report Two – Women and girls’ experiences across the criminal justice system (Report Two)) to consider whether the amendments are operating as intended and the impacts and outcomes achieved for women and girls.

In addition, the Bill proposes to clarify the law as it relates to the admissibility of recorded statements in particular committal proceedings relating to domestic violence offences.

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.

submissions

The committee invited submissions on any aspect of the Bill from all interested parties.  Submissions closed on Friday, 5 July 2024. Submissions can be viewed on the “View Submissions” tab.

Committee’s report

The committee is due to table its report on Friday, 2 August 2024. The report will be published here.

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

Timeline