Committee Details

The Justice, Integrity and Community Safety Committee of the 58th Parliament was established by the Queensland Legislative Assembly on 28 November 2024 as a portfolio committee.

The committee has responsibility for the following portfolio areas:

• Attorney-General, Justice and Integrity
• Police and Emergency Services
• Youth Justice, Victim Support and Corrective Services

In relation to its areas of responsibility, the committee:

• examines Bills and subordinate legislation to consider the policy to be enacted and the application of the fundamental legislative principles set out in section 4 of the Legislative Standards Act 1992 and compatibility with the Human Rights Act 2019
• examines the estimates of each department
• investigates any issue referred to it by the Legislative Assembly or under an Act, whether or not the issue is within the committee’s areas of responsibility
• assesses public accounts in its portfolio area in regard to integrity, economy, efficiency and effectiveness of financial management
• assesses public works in its portfolio area in regard to the suitability of the works for the purpose.

The committee may also initiate an inquiry into anything it considers appropriate within its portfolio area. 

In addition, the committee also has a monitor and review function in relation to the performance of the functions of the Electoral Commissioner, Information Commissioner, Integrity Commissioner, Queensland Ombudsman, Queensland Family and Child Commission, Queensland Human Rights Commission and the Victims’ Commissioner. 

The committee does not have jurisdiction to investigate individual complaints in relation to those statutory offices.

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