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•Under the bill, dangerous driving causing death or serious injury could be punished by up to 25 years in prison when aggravating circumstances applyClause 6 (new s 334I)The maximum penalty is 16 years imprisonment, rising to 25 years if there is a circumstance of aggravation.
•Under the bill, some repeat dangerous drivers would have to be sent to prison, as the court would be required to impose imprisonment for certain prior convictionsClause 6 (new s 334I(5))The court must impose imprisonment if the offender has been previously convicted of specified serious driving offences.

•If you're caught speeding more than 40km/h over the limit by police, you can lose your licence on the spot instead of waiting for the fine to be processedClause 81 (new s 79BA)Establishes an immediate suspension regime for drivers detected and intercepted at the roadside for driving more than 40km/h over the speed limit.
•You'll no longer get demerit points for high-range speeding or for a passenger not wearing a seatbelt, though fines still applyClauses 105, 137Removes demerit points for high range speeding offences and for passenger-related seatbelt offences.

•Courts get a new option to send young people to a strict residential program instead of holding them in custody on remandClause 13 (new s 52AB)A court may impose a circuit breaker condition on bail only if it would otherwise have remanded the child in custody.
•A young person can be sentenced to a 'Circuit Breaker order' of between 3 and 6 months living at a supervised rural site and wearing an electronic monitorClause 16 (new s 175(1)(fa)) and Clause 20 (new s 206D)Courts may make a circuit breaker order for at least 3 months but not more than 6 months, requiring residence at the site and a monitoring device.

•Your 50 cent public transport fare is now locked into law so it can't be quietly raised without going back to ParliamentClause 24 (new s 10A)The chief executive must use their powers to ensure the fare for permanent 50 cent fare services is not more than 50 cents.
•If you're buying or building a new home, the First Home Owner Grant stays at $30,000 instead of dropping back to $15,000Clause 16Section 20 is amended to replace '$15,000' with '$30,000' for new-home eligible transactions from 1 July 2026.

•Your Parliament gets its operating budget for the coming year, keeping MPs and their support staff funded to make laws and scrutinise governmentClause 2Appropriates $154,805,000 for the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service for 2026-27.
•Parliament can keep running from 1 July 2027 without interruption while next year's budget is finalisedClause 3Authorises $77,402,500 of interim supply for 2027-28 until that year's appropriation bill receives assent.

•This is the law that approves how much the Queensland Government can spend running its departments in 2026-27 — $104.658 billion in totalClause 2The Treasurer is authorised to pay $104,658,060,000 from the consolidated fund for departments for the financial year starting 1 July 2026.
•It keeps government services running into the next year by approving $52.329 billion in interim funding before the 2027-28 budget is passedClause 3The Treasurer is authorised to pay $52,329,030,000 for the financial year starting 1 July 2027 until the 2027-28 Appropriation Bill receives assent.