President of QCAT
Role / OfficeReferenced in 5 bills
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019
This bill makes a broad package of reforms across over 30 Acts in the Queensland justice portfolio. It modernises the coronial system, streamlines criminal proceedings, strengthens protections for vulnerable witnesses, closes gaps in the dangerous prisoners scheme, updates legal profession regulation, and clarifies court jurisdictional limits.
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
This bill improves the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) and strengthens consumer protections for motor vehicle buyers. It raises QCAT's jurisdictional limit for motor vehicle disputes from $25,000 to $100,000, reinstates statutory warranty coverage for older second-hand vehicles sold by dealers, and introduces conciliation as a new way to resolve disputes at QCAT.
Respect at Work and Other Matters Amendment Bill 2024
This bill makes wide-ranging changes to Queensland's anti-discrimination, sentencing and judicial laws. It strengthens workplace protections against sexual harassment and discrimination, adds new grounds on which people are protected from unfair treatment, and requires employers to actively prevent discrimination. It also increases penalties for violence against workers and clarifies judicial immunity.
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
This bill reforms Australia's national health practitioner registration system to better protect patients. It requires practitioners who have had their registration cancelled to get a tribunal order before reapplying, permanently publishes sexual misconduct findings on public registers, and makes it an offence to punish someone for reporting a health practitioner.
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
This bill amends Australia's national health practitioner regulation laws to better protect the public from practitioners who have been struck off or found to have committed sexual misconduct. It was introduced following agreement by all Australian Health Ministers but lapsed at the end of the 57th Parliament and did not become law.