MEDIA STATEMENT: Premier announces Parliament schedule to year end
Published Thursday, 31 October, 2024 at 05:35 PM
Premier and Minister for Veterans
The Honourable David Crisafulli
Premier announces Parliament schedule to year end
- Queensland Parliament will sit for two weeks in November and December
- The Making Queensland Safer Laws will be introduced to Parliament in November and be passed by Parliament in December.
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has today confirmed the government’s tough new crime laws will be introduced into Queensland Parliament and passed before Christmas, with two sitting weeks confirmed in November and December.
The Queensland Parliament schedule to the end of the year is:
The Making Queensland Safer Laws will be the first laws introduced to the new Parliament and will be legislated before the end of 2024.
The Making Queensland Safer Laws Bill will be introduced in the first sitting in November, and considered by a Parliamentary Committee before it is debated in the second sitting of Parliament in December.
Premier David Crisafulli said restoring safety to Queensland was the Government’s number one priority.
“I promised we would get straight to work and that’s what we are going to do to deliver these tougher laws before the end of the year,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“We’ve always been upfront the priority is to pass these laws by Christmas and we’ve been speaking with Queenslanders about Adult Crime, Adult time for months. Queenslanders have been clear this is what they want, now we’ll act on this and deliver as promised.
“The Making Queensland Safer Laws will be the first piece of legislation introduced by our Government and those laws will be passed by Christmas.
“We will bring Adult Crime, Adult Time into law, remove detention as a last resort for young offenders and put the rights of victims first, just as we promised to do.
“Our tougher laws will complement our plans for gold standard early intervention and crime prevention to ensure there are fewer victims under an LNP Government.”
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