Governance, Energy and Finance Committee
Portfolio CommitteeMembers (6)
Bills Reviewed (3)
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 17, 58th Parliament—Appropriation (Parliament) (Supplementary 2024-2025) Bill 2025 and Appropriation (Supplementary 2024-2025) Bill 2025
Committee findings
The Governance, Energy and Finance Committee examined both the Appropriation (Parliament) (Supplementary 2024-2025) Bill 2025 and the Appropriation (Supplementary 2024-2025) Bill 2025 jointly. The committee recommended that both bills be passed. It noted that while the $5.75 billion in unforeseen expenditure for 2024-25 represented a reasonable portion of the original $90.57 billion appropriation, it was a considerable decrease from the previous financial year's level of over $9 billion.
- Unforeseen expenditure of $5.75 billion represented 6.34 per cent of the original appropriation for 2024-25
- The level of unforeseen expenditure was a considerable decrease from the 2023-24 financial year, which exceeded 11.5 per cent of original appropriation
- After accounting for lapses, the net impact was $4.76 billion more than originally approved
- Unlike previous years, the unforeseen expenditure was contained in a single set of supplementary appropriation bills rather than multiple sets
- The committee recommends that the Bills be passed.
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 16, 58th Parliament—Energy Roadmap Amendment Bill 2025
Committee findings
The Governance, Energy and Finance Committee examined the Energy Roadmap Amendment Bill 2025 and recommended it be passed. The bill proposes the removal of Queensland's renewable energy targets (50% by 2030, 70% by 2032, 80% by 2035) along with associated review and reporting requirements, in favour of a more flexible, market-driven approach. The government noted that emission reduction targets remain enshrined in the Clean Economy Jobs Act 2024, including a target of net zero emissions by 2050.
- The bill removes Queensland's legislated renewable energy targets of 50% by 2030, 70% by 2032, and 80% by 2035
- The government's rationale is to enable a more flexible, market-driven approach to energy planning rather than targets narrowly focused on renewable energy production
- Emission reduction targets remain in place under the Clean Economy Jobs Act 2024, including 30% reduction by 2030, 75% by 2035, and net zero by 2050
- The bill also removes associated review and reporting requirements for the renewable energy targets
- The committee recommends that the Bill be passed.
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 8, 58th Parliament—Corrective Services (Parole Board) Amendment Bill 2025
Committee findings
The Governance, Energy and Finance Committee examined the bill, receiving 3 submissions and holding a public hearing. The committee recommended the bill be passed. The bill empowers Parole Board Queensland to review all decisions by prescribed board members on requests for immediate suspension of parole, including decisions not to suspend. It also retrospectively validates such decisions made since July 2017. The Justice Reform Initiative and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service raised concerns about increased parole suspensions and the retrospective provisions. Labor members filed a statement of reservation.
- The bill addresses a gap where the Corrective Services Act was silent on allowing the full Parole Board to review a prescribed board member's decision not to suspend parole
- Since 2022, the Board had already been reviewing such decisions; of 61 cases where a single member decided not to suspend, the Board confirmed 39 and subsequently suspended parole in 22 cases
- The ATSILS and Justice Reform Initiative raised concerns that unnecessary parole suspensions work counter to rehabilitation goals and disproportionately affect First Nations peoples
- The retrospective validation provision extinguishes the right of 22 affected individuals to sue for false imprisonment based on the Board lacking authority to make those decisions
- Queensland Corrective Services stressed that suspension requests are not made for trivial matters and involve detailed risk assessment reports
- The committee recommends that the Bill be passed.
Inquiries (1)
Other Reports (13)
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 15, 58th Parliament—Subordinate legislation tabled between 16 September 2025 and 14 October 2025
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 13, 58th Parliament—Annual Report 2024-25
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 14, 58th Parliament—Subordinate legislation tabled on 26 August 2025
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 12, 58th Parliament—2025-26 Budget Estimates—Volume of Additional Information
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 12, 58th Parliament—2025-26 Budget Estimates
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 11, 58th Parliament—2025-26 Budget Estimates—Volume of Additional Information
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 11, 58th Parliament—2025-26 Budget Estimates
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 10, 58th Parliament—Subordinate legislation tabled between 2 April 2025 and 24 June 2025
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 9, 58th Parliament—Consideration of Auditor-General Reports to Parliament
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 7, 58th Parliament—Subordinate legislation tabled between 29 November 2024 and 1 April 2025
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 6, 58th Parliament—Consideration of Auditor-General Reports to Parliament
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 5, 58th Parliament—Queensland Audit Office Annual Report 2023-24
Governance, Energy and Finance Committee: Report No. 4, 58th Parliament—Subordinate legislation tabled on 28 November 2024