Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
OrganisationReferenced in 12 bills
Victims' Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Bill 2024
This bill creates a Victims' Commissioner to advocate for crime victims and handle complaints about breaches of their rights. It also establishes a Sexual Violence Review Board to examine systemic problems in how sexual offences are reported, investigated and prosecuted. The reforms follow the Women's Safety and Justice Taskforce's Hear Her Voice reports.
Forensic Science Queensland Bill 2023
This bill establishes Forensic Science Queensland as an independent statutory body following the 2022 Commission of Inquiry into Forensic DNA Testing, which found serious problems with DNA analysis in Queensland. It creates a Director with statutory independence, a supporting office, and an Advisory Council to ensure forensic services are reliable and impartial.
Criminal Code and Other Legislation (Double Jeopardy Exception and Subsequent Appeals) Amendment Bill 2023
This bill reforms Queensland's criminal appeal system to allow convicted people to appeal again if fresh evidence emerges, and expands the circumstances where acquitted people can be retried for serious crimes. It brings Queensland in line with most other Australian states and territories.
Making Queensland Safer Bill 2024
This bill implements the Government's 'adult crime, adult time' policy, allowing children who commit serious offences to receive the same sentences as adults, including mandatory life imprisonment for murder. It removes the principle that detention should be a last resort for young offenders and requires courts to give primary consideration to victims when sentencing. The changes also open up Childrens Court proceedings to victims and media.
Electrical Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
This bill modernises Queensland's electrical safety and workplace safety laws. It updates electrical safety definitions to cover new technologies like e-scooters and battery storage systems, strengthens industrial manslaughter laws to protect the public, adds negligence to serious safety offences, and gives safety representatives new powers to photograph and test workplace hazards.
Strengthening Community Safety Bill 2023
This bill toughens Queensland's response to youth crime, particularly car theft and serious repeat offending. It increases penalties for vehicle crimes, makes bail breaches a criminal offence for children, and allows courts to declare young people 'serious repeat offenders' - shifting the focus from rehabilitation to community protection for this group.
Ministerial and Other Office Holder Staff and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
This bill gives the Director-General of Premier and Cabinet and the Clerk of Parliament explicit legal power to conduct criminal history checks on staff working in ministerial offices, electorate offices, and the Parliamentary Service. It formalises interim procedures that were already in place and aligns with criminal history check powers that exist for other Queensland public servants.
Crime and Corruption and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
This bill reforms Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission following the 2022 Fitzgerald-Wilson Commission of Inquiry and parliamentary reviews. It requires the Director of Public Prosecutions to advise on corruption charges before they are laid, extends journalist shield laws to CCC proceedings, and changes how CCC Commissioners are appointed and how long they can serve.
Crime and Corruption and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
This bill strengthens Queensland's anti-corruption framework by widening what counts as 'corrupt conduct' and giving the Crime and Corruption Commission broader powers to investigate and prevent corruption. It implements government election commitments and Parliamentary committee recommendations to make the Commission more effective.
Youth Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019
This bill reforms Queensland's youth justice system to keep more children out of detention while awaiting trial. It creates a clear presumption that children should be released on bail, bans electronic tracking devices for young people, and requires police to consider alternatives to arrest when children breach bail conditions.
Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
This bill amends police powers and corrective services legislation across seven distinct policy areas. It creates new search powers for high-risk missing person investigations, expands crime scene powers, allows court orders to unlock seized electronic devices, strengthens evade police investigations, adds Commonwealth child sex offences to reportable offender laws, streamlines Parole Board Queensland processes, and reduces administrative requirements for court proceedings.
Criminal Law (Coercive Control and Affirmative Consent) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
This bill implements major reforms to Queensland's laws on domestic and family violence and sexual violence, following recommendations from the Women's Safety and Justice Taskforce. It creates a new criminal offence of coercive control (carrying up to 14 years imprisonment), introduces affirmative consent laws requiring active agreement to sexual activity, specifically criminalises 'stealthing', and establishes a diversion scheme for first-time DVO offenders.