medical research
IndustryReferenced in 3 bills
Queensland Institute of Medical Research Bill 2025
This bill replaces the nearly 80-year-old legislation governing the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR), one of Australia's leading medical research organisations. It modernises governance arrangements, introduces integrity safeguards for Council members, and creates a framework for rewarding researchers when their work is commercialised.
Medicines and Poisons Bill 2019
This bill modernises Queensland's regulation of medicines, poisons and pest management chemicals by replacing laws dating back to 1937. It creates a new outcome-focused framework using licences and approvals, and establishes a real-time database to track prescriptions of high-risk medicines like opioids.
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
This bill reforms several health-related regulatory frameworks in Queensland. It repeals the state's medicinal cannabis approval system (which duplicated Commonwealth processes), establishes a register to track occupational dust lung diseases like coal workers' pneumoconiosis, empowers health authorities to require public notices about pollution events, and ensures freehold retirement village residents receive timely payment when they leave.