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Report No. 6, 55th Parliament - Criminal Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Bill 2015
Committee's Report
The Committee tabled its report on 9 October 2015, which is available in the Tabled Papers database, and under Related Publications.
View: Report No. 6, 55th Parliament: Criminal Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Bill 2015.
View: Government's response to the Committee's report
ABOUT The Bill
On 15 September 2015, the Criminal Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Bill 2015 (the Bill) was introduced into the Legislative Assembly by the Hon Yvette D’Ath MP, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Training and Skills.
The Bill was referred to the Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee in accordance with Standing Order 131. The committee is required to report to the Parliament by 9 October 2015.
The Criminal Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Bill 2015 (the Bill) implements recommendations made in the Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence’s report, Not Now, Not Ever: Putting an End to Domestic Violence in Queensland by:
- increasing the maximum penalty for breaches of domestic violence orders under the
Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 (Taskforce Recommendation 121), - enabling charges from criminal offences to indicate whether they occurred in a domestic violence context and providing for convictions for domestic violence offences to be noted on a person’s criminal history (Taskforce Recommendation 119), and
- amending the Evidence Act 1977 to provide that protections for special witnesses may apply to victims of domestic violence (Taskforce Recommendation 133).
Related Bill
The Committee also examined the Coroners (Domestic and Family Violence Death Review and Advisory Board) Amendment Bill 2015 which implements recommendations made in the Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence’s report, Not Now, Not Ever: Putting an End to Domestic Violence in Queensland.
Submissions
Submissions to the Committee's inquiry closed on 24 September 2015.
Timeline
Public Briefing: Friday 18 September 2015 - Program - Transcript
Public Hearing: Wednesday 30 September 2015 - Program - Transcript
Reporting date: Friday 9 October 2015
Related Publications
| Publication Details | Type | Published Date | Tabled Date | Committee Name |
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Submissions
- 1 - EDON Place Women’s Domestic Violence Service Inc.
- 2 - Protect All Children Today Inc.
- 3 - UnitingCare Community
- 4 - Dr Silke Meyer
- 5 - Queensland Catholic Education Commission
- 9 - Queensland Law Society
- 10 - North Queensland Combined Women's Services Inc.
- 11 - Australian Association of Social Workers - Qld Branch
- 12 - Immigrant Women's Support Service
- 13 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (Qld) Ltd.
- 14 - Queensland Sexual Assault Network
- 15 - Brisbane Rape and Incest Survivors Support Centre
- 16 - Women’s Legal Service Queensland
- 17 - Bar Association of Queensland
- 18 - Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research
- 19 - Gold Coast Centre Against Sexual Violence Inc.
- 20 - BoysTown
- 21 - Centacare Brisbane