The Treasurer tabled the 2024-25 Queensland State Budget and several associated revenue and appropriation bills were introduced. Bills to promote and protect the rights, interests and wellbeing of Queensland children, including amendments to the Blue Card system, were also introduced, alongside legislation to support the Commonwealth’s vaping ban.
Two resources bills and the Environmental Protection (Powers and Penalties) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 were passed, along with reforms targeting the housing shortage and to enable the establishment of the Commonwealth’s Help to Buy scheme.
Queensland Law Society has prepared a QLS Proctor article on the Queensland State Budget for 2024-25, which highlights budget allocations relevant to the legal profession.
Bills Introduced:
- Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
- Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2024
- Appropriation Bill 2024
- Child Safe Organisations Bill 2024
- Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
- Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Vaping) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
- Disability Services (Restrictive Practices) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
- Respect at Work and Other Matters Amendment Bill 2024
Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
On Tuesday 11 June 2024, the Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 was introduced to the Queensland Parliament.
As indicated in the explanatory notes, the Bill amends legislation administered by the Commissioner of State Revenue to implement revenue measures announced in the 2024-25 State Budget.
The Duties Act 2001 is amended to implement Budget measures to:
- Increase the transfer duty first home and first home vacant land concession thresholds and values at which they phase out from 9 June 2024; and
- Increase the rate of the duty surcharge applying to foreign persons acquiring (directly or indirectly) certain residential land in Queensland from 7 per cent to 8 per cent from 1 July 2024.
The Land Tax Act 2010 is amended to implement Budget measures to increase the land tax surcharges applying to absentees, foreign companies and trustees of foreign trusts from 2 per cent to 3 per cent, from the 2024-25 financial year onwards.
The Payroll Tax Act 1971 is amended to implement Budget measures to:
- Extend the 50 per cent rebate for wages paid or payable to apprentices and trainees to include wages paid or payable during the financial year ending on 30 June 2024; and
- Introduce a wage threshold for the 1 per cent payroll tax rate discount for regional employer, to exclude extremely large employers from claiming the discount, from 1 July 2024.
The First Home Owner Grant and Other Home Owner Grants Act 2000 is retrospectively amended from 20 November 2023 to increase the amount of the First Home Owner Grant for eligible transactions.
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Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2024
On Tuesday 11 June 2024, the Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2024 was introduced to the Queensland Parliament.
The Bill provides for:
- Appropriation for 2024-25 to fund the cost of providing the services, equity adjustment and administered items of the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service in that year;
- Supply for 2025-26 to allow the normal operations of the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service to continue until the 2025-26 Appropriation (Parliament) Bill receives assent; and
- Appropriation for amounts of unforeseen expenditure approved by the Governor in Council during the 2023-24 financial year including how these amounts are to be reported.
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The Bill was read a second time and referred to the portfolio committees on 14 June 2024.
Appropriation Bill 2024
On Tuesday 11 June 2024, the Appropriation Bill 2024 was introduced to the Queensland Parliament.
The Bill provides for:
- Appropriation for 2024-25 to fund the cost of delivering departmental services, administered items and equity adjustment in that year;
- Supply for 2025-26 to allow normal operations of government to continue until the 2025-26 Appropriation Bill receives assent; and
- Appropriation for amounts of unforeseen expenditure approved by the Governor in Council during the 2023-24 financial year including how these amounts are to be reported and lapsed (if required).
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The Bill was read a second time and referred to the portfolio committees on 14 June 2024.
Child Safe Organisations Bill 2024
On Wednesday 12 June 2024, the Child Safe Organisations Bill 2024 was introduced to the Queensland Parliament.
The Bill delivers the Queensland Government’s commitment to implement the Child Safe Standards and nationally consistent reportable conduct schemes recommendations resulting from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. It aims to promote and protect the rights, interests and wellbeing of children in Queensland.
The Bill achieves its policy objectives and supports the intent of the recommendations by:
- Establishing mandatory compliance with 10 Child Safe Standards (CSS), based on the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, and a Universal Principle for cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children;
- Establishing a reportable conduct scheme (RCS) for the oversight of reporting and investigations into allegations of child abuse by organisations within scope; and
- Providing that the Queensland Family and Child Commission is the independent oversight body responsible for administration of CSS and an RCS.
The Bill amends the:
- Evidence Act 1977
- Family and Child Commission Act 2014
- Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000
- Legislation mentioned in schedules 4 and 5 for particular purposes.
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The Bill was referred to the Community Support and Services Committee for inquiry. Submissions to the inquiry will close at 5 July 2024 at 5:00 pm.
Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
On Wednesday 12 June 2024, the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 was introduced to the Queensland Parliament.
The explanatory notes indicate that the policy objectives of the Bill are to:
- Implement, either in full or part, 12 recommendations arising from the Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC) report, Keeping Queensland’s children more than safe: review of the blue card system;
- Implement recommendations made by the former Legal Affairs and Safety Committee, the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce and the Youth Justice Reform Select Committee highlighting the need to consider the decision-making framework
- Make a range of other amendments to simplify, streamline and improve the operation of the blue card system
- Implement the first stage of the Government’s response to the QFCC report, A thematic analysis of provisionally approved kinship carers who receive a subsequent blue card negative notice; and
- Provide for the sharing of Childrens Court child protection records with other Australian courts and tribunals in particular to facilitate information sharing under the National Strategic Framework for Information Sharing between the Family Law Courts and Family Violence and Child Protection Systems.
The Bill amends the:
- Child Protection Act 1999
- Childrens Court Act 1992
- Disability Services Act 2006
- Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000
- Legislation mentioned in schedule 1 for particular purposes
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The Bill was referred to the Community Safety and Legal Affairs Committee for inquiry. The Committee is finalising arrangements for this inquiry.
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Vaping) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
On Wednesday 12 June 2024, the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Vaping) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 was introduced to the Queensland Parliament.
The Bill amends the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998to ensure that it may be used to effectively enforce the Commonwealth ban on vaping products. The Bill does this by, among other things:
- Inserting a definition of ‘illicit nicotine products’, capturing within that term, vaping goods (as defined in the Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Bill 2024 (Cth).
- Inserting new offences relating to the supply and possession of illicit nicotine products
- Amending section 161 of the Act to provide that a person must not as part of a business activity, supply or possess illicit tobacco
- Increasing the current penalties for persons who supply and possess illicit tobacco as part of a business activity
- Clarifying that the prohibition on commercial possession extends to an off-site premises, such as a storage shed or vehicle, if used for the purpose of storing or possessing illicit tobacco or illicit nicotine products
- Creating a power for the chief executive to order the interim closure of a premises from which illicit tobacco or illicit nicotine products are being supplied as part of a business activity
- Creating a new offence for an employee or a person acting on behalf of another person to supply illicit tobacco or illicit nicotine products in retail and wholesale outlets
- Creating a new offence relating to adults who supply illicit nicotine products to children outside of a business activity
- Creating new offences relating to displaying, advertising and promoting illicit nicotine products
- Increasing penalties for providing false or misleading information and failing to give information about an offence
- Introducing executive liability offences to ensure that executive officers of corporations who supply illicit tobacco and illicit nicotine products can be held liable.
- Including additional circumstances where an authorised person may, without the occupier’s consent or a warrant, enter a place
The Bill amends the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 to create a specific dangerous littering offence for depositing a vaping device or vaping accessory.
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The Bill was referred to the Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee for inquiry. Submissions to the inquiry will close on 28 June 2024 at 10am and a public hearing is scheduled to take place on 10 July 2024.
Disability Services (Restrictive Practices) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
On Friday 14 June 2024, the Disability Services (Restrictive Practices) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 was introduced into the Queensland Parliament.
As indicated in the explanatory notes, the Bill aims to:
- Promote the reduction and elimination of the use of restrictive practices in relation to people with disability receiving National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) supports or services or state disability services under the Disability Services Act 2006 (DS Act) by considering applications for, and giving restrictive practice authorisations;
- Move toward greater national consistency in authorisation processes based on the Principles for nationally consistent restrictive practices authorisation processes;
- Align Queensland’s restrictive practices authorisation framework with the NDIS (Restrictive Practices and Behaviour Support) Rules 2018 (Commonwealth); and
- Expand the reportable deaths in care framework to reinstate coverage for people who receive disability supports under the Commonwealth Government’s Disability Support for Older Australians program.
The Bill achieves its objectives by amending:
- The DS Act to implement a reformed authorisation framework for the use of regulated restrictive practices in relation to people with disability when receiving NDIS supports or services or state disability services, including establishing the office and functions of the senior practitioner and vesting QCAT with merits review jurisdiction over all authorisation decisions by the senior practitioner;
- the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000, Public Guardian Act 2014, Coroners Act 2003, and the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009 to remove the current approval processes for restrictive practice matters and make other consequential amendments;
- the Coroners Act 2003 to expand the reportable deaths framework to reinstate coverage for deaths in care for people in Queensland who receive disability supports under the Disability Support for Older Australians program; and
- the Forensic Disability Act 2011 to reflect terminology under the reformed authorisation framework.
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The Bill was referred to the Community Support and Services Committee for inquiry. Submissions to the inquiry will close on 5 July 2024 at 5pm.
Respect at Work and Other Matters Amendment Bill 2024
On Friday 14 June 2024, the Respect at Work and Other Matters Amendment Bill 2024 was introduced to the Queensland Parliament.
The key objectives of the Bill are to:
- amend the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (AD Act) to:
- implement key reforms recommended by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) in the Respect@Work: National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces Report (adjusted for Queensland);
- implement key reforms recommended by the Legal Affairs and Safety Committee reports — Inquiry into serious vilification and hate crimes and Criminal Code (Serious Vilification and Hate Crimes) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023;
- introduce a positive duty to eliminate all forms of unlawful discrimination, sexual harassment, vilification and other associated objectionable conduct as far as possible (as recommended by the Queensland Human Rights Commission in its report, Building Belonging – Review of Queensland’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Building Belonging Report); and
- update and expand the attributes protected by the AD Act in line with certain recommendations made by the Building Belonging Report;
- amend the Magistrates Act 1991 to provide magistrates with an entitlement to access unpaid parental leave under the Magistrate Entitlement Booklet;
- clarify the legislative immunity and protections provided to magistrates, District Court judges, and certain officers of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal so that they have the same immunity as a Supreme Court judge;
- amend the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Penalties and Sentences Act) to implement an aggravating sentencing factor as recommended by the Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council in its Final Report on Penalties for assaults on public officers; and
- amend the Penalties and Sentences Act and the Youth Justice Act 1992 to reflect current court practices with respect to the recording of reasons for imprisonment or detention orders.
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The Bill was referred to the Community Safety and Legal Affairs Committee for inquiry. Submissions to the inquiry will close on 2 July 2024 at 10am and a public hearing is scheduled to take place on 12 July 2024.
Legislation Passed:
- Economic Development and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
- Environmental Protection (Powers and Penalties) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
- Help to Buy (Commonwealth Powers) Bill 2024
- Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
- Resources Safety and Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
- State Financial Institutions and Metway Merger Amendment Bill 2024
- Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
Economic Development and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
The Economic Development and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 was passed with amendment on Tuesday 11 June 2024. The Bill was introduced on 20 March 2024.
The Bill was referred to the Cost of Living and Economics Committee for inquiry. On 10 May 2024, the Committee tabled its report, ‘Economic Development and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024’ (Report No. 4, 57th Parliament).
The Bill is intended to allow Economic Development Queensland (EDQ) to address the housing shortage in Queensland by amending the Economic Development Act 2012 in the following key ways:
- Housing supply, affordability and diversity: create additional pathways for EDQ to facilitate delivery of social and affordable housing while aligning with government targets and priorities.
- Investment powers: include undertaking investment activities in property assets as a function of the Minister for Economic Development Queensland. Place Renewal Framework: establish place renewal areas to enable EDQ to lead coordinated and integrated urban renewal through a place renewal framework.
- Amendments for operational efficiency: implement measures to deliver operational efficiencies to Minister for Economic Development Queensland’s existing functions.
- EDQ’s corporate structure: adjust EDQ’s corporate structure to optimise its broad capabilities across planning and development activities.
Amendments were moved during consideration in detail to:
- Clarify that extension and cancellation applications that are made but undecided under the Planning Act prior to a PDA declaration, must continue to be decided under the Planning Act.
- Provide that only a minor change application or cancellation application may be made under the Planning Act following declaration of a PDA.
- Provide transitional and validating provisions to provide certainty about how applications and approvals already made or decided under the Planning Act apply where a PDA has been declared.
In addition to the Acts referred to above, the Bill amends the:
- Planning Act 2016
- Public Sector Act 2022
Useful links:
- Parliamentary Report
- Bill
- Explanatory Note
- Statement of Compatibility
- Explanatory Speech
- Amendment in Committee – Government Agreed
- Amendment in Committee – Explanatory Note
- Amendment in Committee – Statement of Compatibility
Environmental Protection (Powers and Penalties) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
The Environmental Protection (Powers and Penalties) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 was passed without amendment on Tuesday 11 June 2024. The Bill was introduced on 13 February 2024.
The Bill was referred to the Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee for inquiry. On 12 April 2024, the Committee tabled its report, ‘Environmental Protection (Powers and Penalties) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024’ (Report No. 4, 57th Parliament).
Queensland Law Society made a submission on the Bill, which can be found here.
The objectives of the Bill will be achieved through:
- clarifying and refining environmental policy principles;
- rationalising statutory notices to ensure compliance with authorities, duties, and obligations and to respond to environmental harm events;
- establishing a new duty to restore the environment and associating existing duties or obligations to offences; and
- improving evidentiary provisions relating to court proceedings.
Most of the amendments in the Bill give effect to recommendations from retired Judge Richard Jones and Barrister Susan Hedge’s 2022 report, Independent Review of the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) Report: Independent review into the adequacy of existing powers and penalties.
The Bill achieves its objectives by amending the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (EP Act) to:
- prominently include the polluter pays principle, proportionality principle, principle of primacy of prevention and the precautionary principle as the identified environmental policy principles to be applied to the general administration of the EP Act;
- specify that a failure to comply with the general environmental duty is an offence where the failure of the duty is likely to cause serious or material environmental harm;
- replace the phrasing ‘reasonable and practicable’ with ‘reasonably practicable’ under the general environmental duty, and throughout the EP Act;
- ensure that, despite a matter having prescribed characteristics of environmental nuisance (for example, unreasonable interference from release of aerosols, fumes, light, noise, odour, particles or smoke), it may constitute serious or material environmental harm;
- introduce a new compliance tool known as an ‘environmental enforcement order’ through combining the existing powers and scope available under environmental protection orders, direction notices and clean-up notices into one statutory notice to respond to environmental harm events.
- clarify that an environmental enforcement order can be issued to the holder of an environmental authority, regardless of whether the environmental authority authorises, or purportedly authorises, the activity causing harm;
- clarify that the administering authority may require a person to conduct or commission an environmental investigation about an activity or event causing harm, regardless of whether the activity is authorised by an environmental authority;
- improve the ‘notice of proposed amendment’ process
- introduce a standalone duty to restore the environment, which requires that, if a person permits or causes contamination that results in environmental harm they must as far as reasonably practicable, restore the environment to the condition it was in before the harm occurred
- expand the evidentiary provisions currently limited to criminal proceedings to be available in civil proceedings.
In addition to the Act referred to above, the Bill amends the:
- Environmental Protection Regulation 2019
- State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014
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Help to Buy (Commonwealth Powers) Bill 2024
The Help to Buy (Commonwealth Powers) Bill 2024 was passed without amendment on Tuesday 11 June 2024. The Bill was introduced on 2 May 2024.
The Bill was referred to the Housing, Big Build and Manufacturing Committee for inquiry. On 7 June 2024, the Committee tabled its report, ‘Help to Buy (Commonwealth Powers) Bill 2024’ (Report No. 11, 57th Parliament).
The explanatory notes indicate the objective of the Bill is to refer legislative powers to the Commonwealth Parliament under Section 51(xxxvii) of the Australian Constitution to enable the passage of the Commonwealth Help to Buy Bill 2023 and support the constitutional basis to establish the Commonwealth Government’s Help to Buy Scheme.
The scheme is a shared equity program that will assist low to middle income earners to purchase new or existing homes by accessing an equity contribution from the Australian Government. It will operate alongside the complement Queensland’s Pathways Shared Equity Loan to assist vulnerable Queenslanders to own their homes and Mortgage Relief Loan.
The Bill amends the:
- Statutory Instruments Act 1992
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Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
The Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 was passed with amendment on Wednesday 12 June 2024. The Bill was introduced on 18 April 2024.
The Bill was referred to the Clean Economy Job, Resources and Transport Committee for inquiry. On 7 June 2024, the Committee tabled its report, ‘Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024’ (Report No. 6, 57th Parliament).
Queensland Law Society made a submission on the Bill, which can be found here.
The explanatory notes indicate that the Bill proposes to amend the:
- Gasfields Commission Act 2013 to refocus the legislative functions of the Gasfields Commission Queensland to provide information, engagement and education services to the community and industry on a broader range of resources activities and emerging coexistence issues in relation to the renewable energy sector.
- Land Access Ombudsman Act 2017 to broaden the legislative functions of the Land Access Ombudsman to resolve disputes relating to coal seam gas-induced subsidence, the negotiation of conduct and compensation agreements and make good agreements, and other resources related land access interactions;
- Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014 and the Water Act 2000 to:
- Expand the functions of the Office of Groundwater Impact Assessment to provide advice and tools to assist in the assessment and management of coal seam gas-induced subsidence; and
- Impose a levy to cover the Office of Groundwater Impact Assessment’s costs in relation to the above.
- Provide and implement a framework for managing the impacts of CSG-induced subsidence; and
- Electricity Act 1994 to ensure further clarity around the operation of the acquisition powers in section 116 in respect of electricity entities acquiring land for works. The Bill includes a validation provision to clarify that even where an acquisition has provided a benefit to a third party, that acquisition is valid.
Amendments were moved during consideration in detail to:
- Omit the subsidence management framework and related provisions from the Bill, including the entirety of the proposed new chapter 5A in the Mineral and Energy Resource (Common Provisions) Act 2014 to enable further consultation on the framework to occur.
- Prescribe that Coexistence Queensland will include a member who has knowledge of, or experience with, the agricultural industry in the Coexistence Queensland Act 2013.
- Prescribe that a community leaders council established by Coexistence Queensland includes a representative from the agricultural industry in the Coexistence Queensland Act 2013.
- Prescribe an advisory function for OGIA in the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 to provide information, upon request from government entities, about matters related to subsurface impacts from authorised activities.
- Validate the appointment and decisions of past acting professional board members to address errors in how approved individuals were engaged and ensure their decisions remain enforceable.
- Clarify that the Parole Board can continue to grant parole with a delayed release date and validating this practice in the past.
- Amend the Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009 (GGS Act) to end current permits and withdraw applications relating to greenhouse gas exploration, storage and injection in the Great Artesian Basis and prohibit future permit applications in the Great Artesian Basin.
- amend the Environmental Protection Act 1994 to:
- end current environmental approvals relating to greenhouse gas exploration noting that future applications for greenhouse gas exploration or storage are prohibited under the GGS Act; and
- mandate a condition which prohibits enhanced petroleum recovery using greenhouse gas streams in the Great Artesian Basin and prohibit future amendment applications for these activities.
- Amend the Petroleum Act 1923 and Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 to make enhanced petroleum recovery using greenhouse gas streams an unauthorised activity and withdraw the existing application to use greenhouse gas streams for enhanced petroleum recovery in the Great Artesian Basin.
In addition to the Acts referred to above, the Bill amends the:
- Fossicking Act 1994
- Geothermal Energy Act 2010
- Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018
- Mineral Resources Act 1989
- Regional Planning Interests Act 2014
- Water Act 2000
Useful resources:
- Bill
- Explanatory Note
- Statement of Compatibility
- Explanatory Speech
- Amendment in Committee – Government Agreed
- Amendment in Committee – Explanatory Note
- Amendment in Committee – Statement of Compatibility
Resources Safety and Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
The Resources Safety and Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 was passed with amendment on Wednesday 12 June 2024. The Bill was introduced on 18 April 2024.
The Bill was referred to the Clean Economy Jobs, Resources and Transport Committee for inquiry. On 7 June 2024, the Committee tabled its report, ‘Resources Safety and Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2024’ (Report No. 7, 57th Parliament).
The explanatory notes indicate the Bill contains a package of preventative and proactive reforms to:
- Facilitate the growth in high-reliability organisational behaviours within the resources sector – these amendments place emphasis on reforms that improve the implementation of critical controls by industry, increased competency requirements for critical roles, improved training, continual professional development requirements, information sharing and incident notification and reporting, and strengthening protections for workers against reprisals;
- Modernise regulatory enforcement powers – these amendments will enhance existing compliance and enforcement tools under a suite of legislation known collectively as the Resources Safety Acts, such as the directives framework, as well as introduce enforceable undertaking and further court orders;
- Provide for more contemporary legislation; and
- Enhance the operation and administration of the legislation through a range of minor operational amendments.
Amendments were made during consideration in detail to ensure that persons who are not at or from the site but may affect the safety and health of a person at a mine or quarry are subject to general safety and health obligations.
The Bill amends the:
- Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999
- Explosives Act 1999
- Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999
- Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
- Resources Safety and Health Queensland Act 2020
Useful resources:
- Parliamentary Report and Addendum
- Bill
- Explanatory Note
- Statement of Compatibility
- Explanatory Speech
- Amendment in Committee – Government Agreed
- Amendment in Committee – Explanatory Note
- Amendment in Committee – Statement of Compatibility
State Financial Institutions and Metway Merger Amendment Bill 2024
The State Financial Institutions and Metway Merger Amendment Bill 2024 was passed without amendment on Friday 14 June 2024. The Bill was introduced on 16 April 2024.
The Bill was referred to the Cost of Living and Economics Committee. On 31 May 2024, the Committee tabled its report, ‘State Financial Institutions and Metway Merger Amendment Bill 2024’ (Report No. 7, 57th Parliament).
The explanatory notes indicate the Bill’s primary objective is to ensure that certain conditions under part 6 of the State Financial Institutions and Metway Merger Act 1996 continue to apply to Suncorp Group Limited once the Suncorp banking business is removed from the application of part 6.
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Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
The Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 was introduced on 11 June 2024. The Bill was passed without amendment on 14 June 2024.
Subordinate Legislation
Subordinate Queensland Legislation notified in 2024 is available online.
Subordinate Legislation notified on the Queensland Legislation website from 25 May to 14 June 2024:
- SL No. 63: Proclamation – Forensic Science Queensland Act 2024 (commencing remaining provisions).
- SL No. 64: Proclamation No. 1 – Energy (Renewable Transformation and Jobs) Act 2024 (commencing certain provisions).
- SL No. 65: Energy (Renewable Transformation and Jobs) Regulation 2024.
- SL No. 66: Corrective Services (Emerging Technologies and Security) and Other Legislation Amendment (Postponement) Regulation 2024.
- SL No. 67: Rural and Regional Adjustment (Fisheries Structural Adjustment Scheme – Stage 3 and Other Matters) Amendment Regulation 2024.
- SL No. 68: Petroleum and Gas (General Provisions) (Annual Fee) Amendment Regulation 2024.
- SL No. 69: Proclamation – Disaster Management and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 (commencing remaining provisions).
- SL No. 70: Proclamation No. 2 – Integrity and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 (commencing remaining provisions).
- SL No. 71: Retirement Villages (Financial Documents) Amendment Regulation 2024
- SL No. 72: Corrective Services Amendment Regulation 2024
- SL No. 73: Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Regulation 2024
- SL No. 74: Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation (QOTE) Notice 2024
- SL No. 75: Local Government Legislation (Superannuation) Amendment Regulation 2024
- SL No. 76: Children Court Amendment Rule 2024
- SL No. 77: Births, Death and Marriages Registration Regulation 2024
- SL No. 78: Fisheries Quota (Spanner Crab Fishery) Amendment Declaration 2024
Queensland Government Gazette
The Queensland Government Gazettes for 2024 are available online.
Parliamentary sitting dates
As indicated on the parliamentary website, the Queensland Parliament is currently scheduled to next sit from 20 August to 22 August.
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