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Committee’s report

The committee tabled its Report No. 13, 58th Parliament - Major Sports Facilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 on 17 October 2025.

The government has three months to respond to the report’s recommendations. Once tabled, the government response will be published here. The report will be debated in the Legislative Assembly in due course.

View: Report 
View: Executive Summary

About the Bill 

On 26 August 2025, the Hon Tim Mander MP, Minister for Sport and Racing and Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games introduced the Major Sports Facilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 into the Queensland Parliament. The Bill was referred to the State Development, Infrastructure and Works Committee for detailed consideration.   

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

The Bill amends the Major Sports Facilities Act 2001 (MSF Act), the Major Events Act 2014 (ME Act), and the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014, with the objectives of:

• supporting an effective and efficient regulatory regime for major events and major sports facilities that provide social and economic benefits for Queensland
• delivering statutory body best practice for the governance, accountability and commercial agility of Stadiums Queensland.

Major Sports Facilities Act 2001 (MSF Act) amendments

In order to remove liquor licensing constraints on concerts held at major sports facilities, which effectively require a concert finish time of 10:00pm, and to maximise use and attract concerts to Stadiums Queensland venues, including the Carrara/People First Stadium and Robina/Cbus Super Stadium on the Gold Coast, the Bill amends the MSF Act to:

• provide for the lawful use of a major sports facility for special events (defined as concerts, public assemblies, religious events), despite the Liquor Act 1992 or a licence under that Act, or a local law or licence, permit or other approval under the local law, as they apply to noise from a special event
• provide that the general environmental duty under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 is complied with in relation to noise levels for a special event at a major sports facility where conditions prescribed by regulation are met.

To strengthen disincentives for ticket scalping, remove potential deterrents to reporting unlawful ticket reselling, and to align with other Australian jurisdictions, the Bill amends the MSF Act to:

• increase maximum penalties for unlawful ticket reselling (i.e. ticket scalping) for individuals and bodies corporate
• remove the offence of buying tickets over 10% of the original purchase price.

The Bill also amends provisions of the MSF Act relating to appointment, termination, resignation and vacancy of office of Stadiums Queensland Board directors, and to provide for drones to be included under the definition of ‘aircraft’ for unauthorised advertising provisions.

Major Events Act 2014 (ME Act) amendments

The Bill amends the ME Act to:

• increase maximum penalties for unlawful ticket reselling for individuals and bodies corporate, consistent with the proposed amendments to the MSF Act
• make technical amendments to support regulation-making, particularly for major events held over multiple days, where different provisions of the ME Act may need to be activated at different times and in different areas.

State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014 amendments

The Bill amends the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014 to:

• increase the maximum penalty infringement notice value for the offence of unlawful ticket reselling under the MSF Act to less than 10% of the proposed maximum penalty for natural persons
• remove the penalty infringement notice for the offence of purchasing unlawfully resold tickets under the MSF Act.

Further information

When available, further information including written briefings, correspondence, and transcripts will be published under the Related Publications tab.

PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS

The committee received a briefing on the Bill from the Department of Sport, Racing and Olympic and Paralympic Games on Wednesday, 17 September 2025 and held public hearings on Tuesday, 30 September 2025 and Wednesday, 1 October 2025. See timeline below for further information.

Timeline