Legal Affairs and Safety Committee
OrganisationReferenced in 4 bills
Criminal Code (Serious Vilification and Hate Crimes) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
This bill strengthens Queensland's hate crime laws by increasing penalties for serious vilification, creating aggravated offences for hate-motivated crimes, and banning the public display of symbols like Nazi imagery. It implements recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry into serious vilification and hate crimes.
Respect at Work and Other Matters Amendment Bill 2024
This bill strengthens Queensland's anti-discrimination and workplace protections by requiring employers to actively prevent discrimination and harassment, expanding the grounds on which discrimination is prohibited, and creating new protections against sex-based harassment and hostile work environments. It also increases penalties for violence against workers and clarifies judicial immunity for magistrates.
Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
This bill reforms Queensland's blue card system (Working with Children Check) to better protect children from harm. It implements recommendations from the Queensland Family and Child Commission's review, expands which jobs and businesses need blue cards, modernises how applications are assessed based on risk, and improves information sharing between courts handling child protection and family law matters.
Victims of Crime Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
This bill substantially increases financial assistance for victims of violent crime in Queensland, with the maximum payment rising from $75,000 to $120,000. It also recognises the seriousness of domestic and family violence by increasing special assistance payments for those victims from $1,000 to $9,000.