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'Dying for their story to be heard':
Queensland's truth-telling inquiry begins amid questions over
its future
The Indigenous truth telling and hearing inquiry has
commenced in Brisbane. The inquiry is to have three stages and will
occur over a three year period. The first stage will involve the
hearing of stories of Queenslanders with a focus on Elders,
followed by stories from non-government and faith-based
organisations. The final stage will compile recommendations into a
report and will serve as an authoritative record of
Queensland's past (16 September 2024). Read more here.
Waste gas-to-energy project to cut emissions
Cameron Dick, Deputy Premier, Treasure and Minister for
Trade and Investment, has stated that "Queensland's
metallurgical coal mining industry provides helps forge the steel
that is necessary to build renewable technologies and achieve a net
zero transformation. The LEIP program is accelerating opportunities
to drive down emissions, while supporting Queensland's
resources industry. Kestrel's project will mitigate emissions
being released into the atmosphere using proven abatement
technologies. Importantly, we're protecting jobs in regional
Queensland and supporting an industry that is crucial to our
renewable energy future" (18 September 2024). Read more here.
Forensic Science Queensland Director appointed
Dr Linzi Wilson-Wilde OAM has been appointed as the new
Director of Forensic Science Queensland. Dr Wilson-Wilde's
experience includes being involved in legislative reform, national
policy development and involvement in high profile cases such as
the identification of disaster victims of the 2002 Bali bombings
(20 September 2024). Read more here.
New appointment to Queensland Industrial Relations
Commission
Barrister Peter O-Neill has been appointed as Commissioner
to the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission. The appointment
has been approved from 19 September 2024 onwards. Mr O'Neill
has began his career as a practicing barrister in 1994 with
experience appearing before State Courts at all levels and before
the Commission and the Industrial Court (20 September 2024). Read more here.
Australia's public transport is amongst the most
expensive. Could Queensland's 50c fares work countrywide?
Queensland has announced that the 50c public transport
fares are here to stay. However, Professor Matthew Burke at
Griffith University's city research institute has stated that
it the initiative would be unlikely to work in other major
Australian cities such as Melbourne and Sydney. Professor Burke
went onto say that he believes there is going to be more long-term
changes in Queensland, with people choosing where they, where they
go to university and where their children go to school based on
Government's new public transport policy (21 September 2024).
Read more here.
Practice
AAT Bulletin Issue No. 16/2024 12 August 2024
The AAT Bulletin is a fortnightly publication containing
information about recently published decisions and appeals against
decisions in the AAT's General, Freedom of Information,
National Disability Insurance Scheme, Security, Small Business
Taxation, Taxation & Commercial and Veterans' Appeals
Divisions. Read more here.
AAT Bulletin Issue No. 17/2024 26 August 2024
The AAT Bulletin is a fortnightly publication containing
information about recently published decisions and appeals against
decisions in the AAT's General, Freedom of Information,
National Disability Insurance Scheme, Security, Small Business
Taxation, Taxation & Commercial and Veterans' Appeals
Divisions. Read more here.
AAT Bulletin Issue No. 18/2024 9 September 2024
The AAT Bulletin is a fortnightly publication containing
information about recently published decisions and appeals against
decisions in the AAT's General, Freedom of Information,
National Disability Insurance Scheme, Security, Small Business
Taxation, Taxation & Commercial and Veterans' Appeals
Divisions. Read more here.
Land Title Practice Manual updated
Titles Queensland has recently updated the Land Title
Practice Manual. The amendments include amending part 4 to clarify
where a death certificate is required to be deposited as supporting
evidence and part 7 to clarify the practice with respect to lease
sketches. Read more here.
Cases
Chevron Park Pty Ltd v Groupline Constructions
Pty Ltd & Ors [2024] QSC 202
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – JUDICIAL REVIEW – where the
applicant contended that the adjudicator failed to afford
procedural fairness by not seeking submissions on what he found to
be a jurisdictional point, not seeking submissions on what he
regarded as new reasons, and failing to decide the correct amount
to be paid and in doing so failed to provide adequate reasons
– whether the adjudication decision should be set aside on
the basis that the adjudicator failed to afford procedural
fairness
Grant v Health Ombudsman [2024] QSC
146
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – JUDICIAL REVIEW – THE OMBUDSMAN
– REASONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS – where the
applicant requested a statement of reasons in relation to the
referral of the complaints to the Director and the Queensland Civil
and Administrative Tribunal – whether the referral decisions
are decisions to which the obligation to provide reasons
applies
Legislation
Bills introduced
Government
Cross-Border Commissioner Bill 2024
Night-Life Economy Commissioner Bill 2024
Queensland Food Farmers' Commissioner Bill 2024
Private Member
Crocodile Control, Conservation and Safety Bill 2024
Public-Private Partnership (Transparency and Accountability) Bill 2024
Bills passed
Bills passed without amendment
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2024
Cross-Border Commissioner Bill 2024
Electrical Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
Night-Life Economy Commissioner Bill 2024
Queensland Food Farmers' Commissioner Bill 2024
Bills amended during passage
Crime and Corruption and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
Queensland Community Safety Bill 2024
Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
Bills failed
Crocodile Control and Conservation Bill*
Acts assented to
Cross-Border Commissioner Act 2024 No. 38 – Assent 23 August 2024
Night-Life Economy Commissioner Act 2024 No. 39 – Assent 23 August 2024
Queensland Food Farmers' Commissioner Act 2024 No. 37 – Assent 23 August 2024
Appropriation (Parliament) Act 2024 No. 42 – Assent 30 August 2024
Appropriation Act 2024 No. 43 – Assent 30 August 2024
Crime and Corruption and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 41 – Assent 30 August 2024
Electrical Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 44 – Assent 30 August 2024
Queensland Community Safety Act 2024 No. 45 – Assent 30 August 2024
Proclamations commencing Acts made
Proclamation No.1 – Pharmacy Business Ownership Act 2024 (commencing certain provisions)
Acts repealed
Appropriation (Parliament) Act (No. 3) 2022
Appropriation (Parliament) Act 2022
Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2022
Subordinate legislation notified
Criminal Practice Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2024
Electrical Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2024
Evidence (Domestic Violence Proceedings) Amendment Regulation 2024
Health Ombudsman Regulation 2024
Major Events (Motor Racing Events) (Gold Coast 500) Amendment Regulation 2024
Property Law (Postponement) Regulation 2024
Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation (Transitional) Regulation 2024
Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
Statutory Instruments (Exemptions from Expiry) Amendment Regulation 2024
Valuers Registration Regulation 2024
Work Health and Safety (Codes of Practice) Amendment Notice 2024
Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Regulation 2024
Drugs Misuse (Dangerous Drugs) Amendment Regulation 2024
Further Education and Training Regulation 2024
Government Owned Corporations Regulation 2024
Major Sports Facilities Amendment Regulation 2024
Planning Amendment Regulation 2024
Resources Safety and Health Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
TAFE Queensland Regulation 2024
Water Plan (Boyne River Basin) (Postponement of Expiry) Notice 2024
Youth Justice (Monitoring Device Conditions) Amendment Regulation 2024
Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games Arrangements Amendment Regulation 2024
Civil Proceedings Regulation 2024
Corrective Services (Searches and Testing) Amendment Regulation 2024
Criminal Practice (Fees and Allowances) Amendment Regulation 2024
Criminal Practice (Subsequent Appeals) Amendment Rule 2024
Environmental Protection (Air) Amendment Policy 2024
Fisheries Amendment Declaration 2024
Justices (Sharing of Records) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
Pharmacy Business Ownership (Postponement) Regulation 2024
Proclamation No.1 – Pharmacy Business Ownership Act 2024 (commencing certain provisions)
Public Trustee (Interest Rate) Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2024
Summary Offences (Prevention of Knife Crime) Amendment Regulation 2024
Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
Water Plan (Wet Tropics) (Postponement of Expiry) Notice 2024
Work Health and Safety (Sexual Harassment) Amendment Regulation 2024
Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation 2024
Youth Justice (Access by Accredited Media Entities) Amendment Regulation 2024
Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Amendment Regulation 2024
Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2024
Recreation Areas Management Regulation 2024
State Penalties Enforcement and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
Subordinate legislation tabled
Appeal Costs Fund Regulation 2024
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 2024
Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games Arrangements Regulation 2024
Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
Casino Control (Supervision Levy) Amendment Regulation 2024
Childrens Court Amendment Rule 2024
Civil Liability and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
Civil Liability Indexation Notice 2024
Corrective Services Amendment Regulation 2024
Criminal Practice Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2024
Disability Services (Fees) Amendment Regulation 2024
Economic Development and Other Legislation (Waraba PDA) Amendment Regulation 2024
Electrical Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2024
Energy (Renewable Transformation and Jobs) Amendment Regulation 2024
Environmental Protection (Composting Facilities) Amendment Regulation 2024
Evidence (Domestic Violence Proceedings) Amendment Regulation 2024
Exhibited Animals (Fees) Amendment Regulation 2024
Fire and Emergency Services Amendment Regulation 2024
Fisheries Quota (Spanner Crab Fishery) Amendment Declaration 2024
Gaming Machine Amendment Regulation 2024
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
Health Legislation (Ratios and Other Matters) Amendment Regulation 2024
Health Ombudsman Regulation 2024
Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
Justice (Decriminalising Sex Work) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
Local Government Legislation (Superannuation) Amendment Regulation 2024
Major Events (Motor Racing Events) (Gold Coast 500) Amendment Regulation 2024
Major Events (Pacific Airshow Gold Coast) Regulation 2024
Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2024
Motor Accident Insurance Indexation Notice 2024
National Energy Retail Law (Queensland) Amendment Regulation 2024
Nature Conservation Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2024
Personal Injuries Proceedings Indexation Notice 2024
Planning (Prescribed Amounts) Amendment Regulation 2024
Planning and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
Proclamation No. 1 – Health and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 (commencing certain provisions)
Proclamation No. 1 – Water Legislation Amendment Act 2023 (commencing certain provisions)
Proclamation – Tow Truck Act 2023 (commencing remaining provisions)
Professional Standards (Bar Association of Queensland Professional Standards Scheme) Notice 2024
Professional Standards (Law Society of Western Australia Professional Standards Scheme) Notice 2024
Property Law (Postponement) Regulation 2024
Regional Planning Interests (Lake Eyre Basin) Amendment Regulation 2024
Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation (Transitional) Regulation 2024
Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
Retirement Villages (Financial Documents) Amendment Regulation 2024
Safety in Recreational Water Activities (Code of Practice) Amendment Notice 2024
Safety in Recreational Water Activities Regulation 2024
State Penalties Enforcement (Animal Management) Amendment Regulation 2024
Statutory Instruments (Exemptions from Expiry) Amendment Regulation 2024
Superannuation (State Public Sector) Amendment Notice 2024
Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Regulation 2024
Transport Legislation (Fees) Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2024
Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Regulation 2024
Uniform Civil Procedure and Other Rules Amendment Rule 2024
Valuers Registration Regulation 2024
Waste Reduction and Recycling Amendment Regulation 2024
Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
Water Plan (Georgina and Diamantina) (Postponement of Expiry) Notice 2024
Work Health and Safety (Codes of Practice) Amendment Notice 2024
Work Health and Safety (Engineered Stone) Amendment Regulation 2024
Work Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024
Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation (QOTE) Notice 2024
Subordinate legislation repealed
Electrical Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2013
Valuers Registration Regulation 2013
Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Regulation 2013
Acquisition of Land Regulation 2014
Criminal Code (Criminal Organisations) Regulation 2013
Government Owned Corporations Regulation 2014
Health Ombudsman Regulation 2014
Professional Standards (Professional Surveyors Occupational Association Scheme) Notice 2013
Trading (Allowable Hours) Regulation 2014
Subordinate legislation expired
Acquisition of Land Regulation 2014
Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Regulation 2013
Criminal Code (Criminal Organisations) Regulation 2013
Further Education and Training Regulation 2014
Government Owned Corporations Regulation 2014
Health Ombudsman Regulation 2014
Professional Standards (Professional Surveyors Occupational Association Scheme) Notice 2013
Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Regulation 2014
TAFE Queensland Regulation 2013
Trading (Allowable Hours) Regulation 2014
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