Hon Steven Miles MP

This bill requires Queensland hospitals and aged care facilities to publicly report quality and staffing information so consumers can make informed choices. It also sets minimum staffing ratios for public aged care facilities and streamlines health complaint handling between the Health Ombudsman and national regulators.

This bill was introduced in February 2020 in direct response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. It extends the maximum period for renewing a declared public health emergency from 7 days to 90 days, giving Queensland Health greater continuity in managing the pandemic response.

This bill changes when health practitioners must report colleagues they're treating to regulators, and increases penalties for people pretending to be registered health practitioners. The reporting changes aim to encourage practitioners with mental health or substance issues to seek treatment without fear of automatic career consequences.

This bill creates Health and Wellbeing Queensland, a new government agency dedicated to preventing chronic disease and improving the health of Queenslanders. The agency focuses on reducing risk factors like obesity, poor nutrition and lack of physical activity, with particular attention to closing the health gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, remote communities and disadvantaged areas.

This bill makes significant reforms across Queensland's health system, including banning conversion therapy by health service providers, embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equity in law, and aligning private hospital licensing with national safety standards. It responds to expert reviews and national commitments to improve health outcomes.

This bill amends over 20 Queensland Acts to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. It provides financial relief for businesses and individuals, expands emergency powers for health and corrective services, and gives government agencies operational flexibility during the pandemic. Most provisions were set to expire on 31 December 2020.

This bill was discharged and did not become law. It sought to make 50 cent public transport fares permanent in Queensland by amending the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994. The bill was introduced by the Opposition following a 6-month trial that began in August 2024 and saw 18.3% growth in public transport use.

This bill gives Queensland authorities emergency powers to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. It allows the Chief Health Officer to issue binding directions restricting movement and gatherings, order isolation and quarantine, and close facilities. It also provides flexibility for elections and planning approvals during the emergency.

This bill modernises the governance of Queensland's 13 hospital foundations and allows industrial hemp to be grown for food products. It replaces the outdated 1982 legislation governing hospital foundations with modern rules that better reflect how these charitable bodies actually operate, while also enabling Queensland farmers to grow low-THC hemp for the food market following a national decision to permit hemp seed foods.

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.

This bill adopts the Commonwealth Therapeutic Goods Act as a law of Queensland, ensuring all therapeutic goods manufacturers meet national safety and quality standards. It closes a regulatory gap that allowed small local manufacturers operating as sole traders or partnerships to produce unregulated medicines, herbal remedies and vitamin supplements.

This bill puts Queensland's emissions reduction targets into law, committing the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030, 75% by 2035, and reach net zero by 2050. It creates a framework for planning how key industries will reduce emissions, establishes an expert advisory panel, and requires annual progress reports to Parliament.

This bill reforms Queensland's system for handling complaints about local councillor conduct. It makes the process faster by requiring upfront assessments of complaints, sets time limits for making complaints, and focuses resources on serious misconduct rather than minor breaches. The bill also introduces mandatory training for councillors and strengthens conflict of interest rules.

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.

This bill reforms Queensland's planning laws to speed up housing delivery. It gives the State new powers to fast-track priority developments like affordable housing, acquire land for critical infrastructure, and create 'holding zones' for future growth areas. It also validates past development approvals that were called into question by a court ruling.

This bill introduces spending caps for Queensland local government elections to create fairer campaigns. It limits how much candidates, political parties, and third parties can spend on advertising and other campaign activities, and requires detailed disclosure of campaign finances.