Legislative Assembly
OrganisationReferenced in 43 bills
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2020
This bill authorises funding for Queensland's Parliament. It approves $519,000 in supplementary funding for unexpected costs in 2019-20, and provides an additional $50.5 million in interim funding for 2020-21 because the regular state budget was postponed due to the 2020 state election.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill (No. 2) 2017
This bill gives formal parliamentary approval for an extra $2.411 million spent on running Queensland's Parliament in the 2016-17 financial year. The money had already been drawn from the Consolidated Fund to cover unforeseen costs and needed to be authorised by an Act, as required by the Queensland Constitution.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill (No. 2) 2018
This bill authorises $5.14 million in supplementary funding for Queensland Parliament to cover unforeseen expenditure during the 2017-18 financial year. It formally approves spending that has already occurred, as required by the Queensland Constitution.
Appropriation (Parliament) (Supplementary 2024-2025) Bill 2025
This bill provides formal parliamentary approval for $5.407 million in supplementary funding for Queensland Parliament that was spent during the 2024-25 financial year. The Queensland Constitution requires all government spending to be authorised by Parliament, so this bill retrospectively approves unforeseen expenditure that has already occurred and been reviewed by the Auditor-General.
Holidays and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2015
This bill moves Labour Day back to the first Monday in May and the Queen's Birthday to the first Monday in October from 2016 onwards. It also lets people apply online for high risk work licences (for cranes, forklifts and scaffolding) by reusing driver licence photos, and consolidates the rules about digital photos and signatures across six transport and ID laws into one place.
Parliament of Queensland and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2015
This bill restores the Speaker's authority over running the Parliamentary Service, cancels a 2.58% pay rise for MPs, and links future MP pay to public service pay outcomes. It also reshapes the Committee of the Legislative Assembly, adding a cross bench member and giving the Speaker full voting rights.
Transport Operations (Marine Safety) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2015
This bill rewrites parts of Queensland's marine safety laws so they fit alongside Commonwealth laws that have regulated commercial vessels since 2013. It creates a new category called 'Queensland regulated ship' to cover recreational boats and low-risk vessels like surf lifesaving craft that remain under state control, and removes Queensland rules that are now handled nationally.
Safer Waterways Bill 2017
This bill would have created a new Queensland Crocodile Authority based in Cairns with powers to kill or relocate crocodiles that threaten people, and to authorise crocodile farming and egg harvesting as a new industry. Introduced by KAP MP Shane Knuth as a private member's bill in response to crocodile attacks in North Queensland, it lapsed and did not become law.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2025
This bill authorises funding for the Queensland Parliament for the 2025-26 financial year. It allocates $146.5 million to the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service for their operations, and provides roughly half that amount as interim supply for 2026-27 to bridge the gap until next year's budget.
Appropriation Bill 2025
This bill authorises the Queensland Government to spend $105.4 billion in the 2025-26 financial year across all government departments. It is the standard annual budget bill required by law, and also provides $52.7 billion in interim supply so government services can continue operating in early 2026-27.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2022
This bill allocates $146.7 million to fund the Queensland Parliament for the 2022-23 financial year. It also provides $73.4 million in interim funding for 2023-24 so Parliament can keep operating until the next annual budget is passed.
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.
Constitution of Queensland and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
This bill locks the core features of Queensland's parliamentary committee system into the state Constitution, so they can't be easily changed or removed. It requires at least six portfolio committees covering all areas of government, a minimum six-week committee review of most new bills, and a public budget estimates hearing for the annual Appropriation Bills. It also lets committees start their own inquiries on matters within their portfolio.
Honourable Angelo Vasta (Reversal of Removal) Bill 2017
This bill aimed to reverse the Queensland Parliament's 1989 removal of Justice Angelo Vasta from the Supreme Court. It would have declared that removal invalid and treated him as having retired instead. The bill lapsed and did not become law.
Electoral (Constitutional) Amendment Bill 2015
This bill was a private member's bill that proposed technical changes to the Electoral Act 1992 to support a separate proposal for fixed four-year parliamentary terms in Queensland. It did not stand alone — it was designed to work with a companion constitutional bill. The bill lapsed and did not become law.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill (No. 2) 2019
This bill authorises $639,000 in supplementary funding for the Queensland Parliament to cover unforeseen expenditure during the 2018-19 financial year. It is a routine budget measure that formally approves spending already incurred, as required by the Queensland Constitution.
Electoral (Improving Representation) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
This bill increases the size of Queensland's Parliament from 89 to 93 MPs, adding four new electoral districts to improve representation in regional and remote Queensland. It also expands the Redistribution Commission from three to five members and requires the leaders of every party in Parliament to agree on who gets appointed.
Constitution (Fixed Term Parliament) Amendment Bill 2015
This bill would fix Queensland's parliamentary term at four years, with state elections held on the second Saturday in March every four years. It would stop the Premier from calling early elections for political advantage and would only take effect if approved at a referendum.
Constitution (Fixed Term Parliament) Referendum Bill 2015
This bill was the machinery for putting a proposed change to Queensland's Constitution to the people in a referendum. The proposed change would have introduced fixed four-year terms for state Parliament, replacing the current flexible terms of up to three years.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill (No. 2) 2015
This bill gives Parliament formal approval to have spent an extra $2.934 million on itself during the 2014-15 financial year. The Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service went over their original budget, and this supplementary appropriation retrospectively authorises that unforeseen expenditure.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill (No. 2) 2021
This bill formally authorises $1,795,000 in supplementary funding for the Queensland Parliament to cover unforeseen expenditure during the 2020-21 financial year. Under Queensland's Constitution, all government spending from the Consolidated Fund must be approved by Parliament, so this bill provides that approval for spending that has already occurred.
Electoral (Redistribution Commission) and Another Act Amendment Bill 2015
This bill proposed changes to how Queensland's electoral boundaries are decided. It would have expanded the independent Redistribution Commission from 3 to 5 members, allowed it to decide the number of electoral districts (between 89 and 94), and given it more flexibility for very large rural electorates. The bill failed at its second reading and did not become law.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2021
This bill provides the annual budget for Queensland's Parliament, appropriating $103.3 million for the 2021-22 financial year. It also provides $51.7 million in interim funding for 2022-23 to keep Parliament operating until the next budget is passed.
Emblems of Queensland and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
This bill officially makes the Muttaburrasaurus langdoni Queensland's State fossil emblem and fixes several technical issues with parliamentary procedures, including validating remote committee participation back to 1998, protecting MP privacy during proxy votes, and clarifying the Speaker's authority over the parliamentary precinct on sitting days.
Adoption and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
This bill modernises Queensland's adoption laws after a five-year statutory review. It opens adoption to same-sex couples, single people and people undergoing fertility treatment, improves access to adoption records (including information about possible birth fathers), and removes an old criminal offence for breaching pre-1991 contact statements. It also tightens the step-parent adoption process and allows in-person contact between adopted children and their birth families during interim orders.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2015
This bill sets Parliament's own budget. It authorises $87.274 million to run the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service in 2015-16, plus $43.637 million of interim supply to keep Parliament going in 2016-17 until next year's budget bill passes.
Counter-Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017
This bill gives Queensland Police broader powers to respond to terrorist attacks, bomb threats, hostage situations and other critical incidents. Police can search phones and require passwords, photograph and fingerprint people in an emergency area, use tracking and surveillance devices more freely, and destroy explosives on the spot. It also makes preventative detention orders easier to obtain and allows senior sergeants to declare emergencies.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2016
This bill is the annual budget appropriation for running Queensland's Parliament itself. It authorises $87.384 million to fund the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service in 2016-17, plus $43.692 million in interim supply to keep Parliament operating into 2017-18 until the next appropriation bill is passed.
Appropriation Bill 2016
This bill is the 2016-17 Queensland Budget in legal form. It authorises the Treasurer to spend $47.6 billion across government departments for the year starting 1 July 2016, and a further $23.8 billion in interim supply to keep government running into 2017-18.
Police Powers and Responsibilities (Commonwealth Games) Amendment Bill 2017
This bill gives Queensland police temporary extra powers to keep crowds safe during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. It creates 'protective security zones' around Games venues, pedestrian routes and transport hubs where police can search people, vehicles and premises without a warrant, use detection dogs and direct crowds. The powers expire on 22 April 2018, one week after the Games end.
Integrity and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022
This bill strengthens the independence of Queensland's key integrity watchdogs — the Auditor-General, the Integrity Commissioner, and the Ombudsman — following the 2022 Coaldrake Report into public sector culture and accountability. It makes the Auditor-General an officer of Parliament, creates the Office of the Queensland Integrity Commissioner, and introduces a criminal offence for unregistered lobbying.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2023
This bill authorises $142.189 million in funding for the Queensland Parliament's operations in the 2023-24 financial year. It also provides $71.095 million in interim supply for 2024-25 to keep Parliament running until the next budget is passed. This is a standard annual appropriation bill required under the Financial Accountability Act 2009.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2017
This bill is the annual budget for running Queensland's Parliament. It authorises the Treasurer to pay $91.69 million to the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service for 2017-18, plus $45.845 million of interim funding so Parliament can keep operating at the start of 2018-19.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2018
This bill provides the annual budget for Queensland Parliament. It authorises the Treasurer to pay $97.2 million from the consolidated fund for the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service in 2018-19, plus $48.6 million in interim supply for early 2019-20.
Appropriation Bill 2018
This bill authorises the Queensland Government to spend $53.2 billion from the Consolidated Fund in the 2018-19 financial year. It is the annual appropriation bill that gives every government department legal authority to access its budget allocation for delivering public services including health, education, transport, policing, and community support.
Electoral (Improving Representation) and Another Act Amendment Bill 2015
This bill proposed to increase the size of Queensland's Parliament from 89 to 93 members and change how top appointments to the Electoral Commission of Queensland are made. It was a private member's bill introduced by Mr Katter MP that failed at the second reading stage and did not become law.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill (No. 3) 2022
This bill authorises $2,185,000 in supplementary funding for the Queensland Parliament to cover unforeseen expenditure from the 2021-22 financial year. It is a routine accountability measure required by the Queensland Constitution to formally approve spending that has already occurred.
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2024
This bill provides the annual budget for Queensland Parliament's operations in 2024-25. It appropriates $131.9 million for the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service, provides $66 million in interim supply for the first half of 2025-26, and covers $18.2 million in unforeseen expenditure from the previous year.
Appropriation Bill 2024
This bill authorises the Queensland Government to spend $90.4 billion in 2024-25 to fund all state government departments and services. It also provides $45.2 billion in interim supply for early 2025-26 and retrospectively authorises $6.15 billion in unforeseen expenditure from the previous year.
Appropriation Bill 2019
This bill authorises the Queensland Government to spend $54.7 billion from the Consolidated Fund for the 2019-20 financial year. It is the standard annual appropriation bill that gives 28 government departments and agencies the legal authority to spend their allocated budgets on services for Queenslanders, and provides interim supply of $27.3 billion for 2020-21.
Appropriation (Parliament) (Supplementary 2023–2024) Bill 2024
This bill formally authorises $4.207 million in additional spending for Queensland's Parliament that occurred during the 2023-24 financial year. Under the Queensland Constitution, all government spending from the Consolidated Fund must be approved by Parliament, including costs that exceeded the original budget.
Appropriation (Parliament) (2020-2021) Bill 2020
This bill appropriates $101.8 million for Queensland Parliament's operations in the 2020-21 financial year. It also provides $50.9 million in interim funding for early 2021-22 so parliament can keep running until the next annual budget bill passes.
Appropriation (2020-2021) Bill 2020
This bill authorises the Queensland Government to spend approximately $60.86 billion in the 2020-21 financial year across all government departments. It also provides $30.43 billion in interim supply for early 2021-22 to keep services running until the next budget is passed.