Department of Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
OrganisationReferenced in 6 bills
Transport Legislation (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2022
This bill makes a range of improvements to Queensland's transport laws. It broadens the types of road safety programs that can be funded from camera fine revenue, allows a wider range of motorised mobility devices to be used legally, extends legal protections for health professionals reporting unfit interstate drivers, streamlines court evidence rules for vehicle modification offences, and extends accommodation works powers to rail projects.
Path to Treaty Bill 2023
This bill creates a formal pathway towards treaty negotiations between Queensland's First Nations peoples and the state government. It establishes the First Nations Treaty Institute as an independent statutory body to develop a treaty-making framework and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and a Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry to document the effects of colonisation. The bill was passed with amendment.
Appropriation Bill 2022
This bill authorises the Queensland Government to spend $69.86 billion in the 2022-23 financial year across all state government departments. It is the annual legal mechanism that allows the government to fund public services including health, education, transport, policing and emergency services.
Appropriation Bill 2021
This bill authorises the Queensland Government's budget for the 2021-22 financial year, appropriating $63.5 billion across all government departments and agencies. It also provides $31.8 billion in interim funding for the start of 2022-23 until the next budget bill passes.
Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Bill 2022
This bill creates a legal framework for the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to visit and monitor Queensland detention facilities. It implements Australia's obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT), ratified in 2017, which aims to prevent torture and cruel treatment through independent international inspections of places where people are held against their will.
Appropriation (2020-2021) Bill 2020
This bill authorises the Queensland Government to spend approximately $60.86 billion in the 2020-21 financial year. It funds all government departments and services, and provides interim funding of $30.43 billion to keep government operating into early 2021-22 until the next budget is passed.