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The Governor received the Acting Clerk of Queensland Parliament, Ms Bernice Watson, for the presentation of three Bills, to which she granted Royal Assent.

The Acting Governor, the Honourable Chief Justice Helen Bowskill, today exercised her central constitutional duties, granting Royal Assent to four Bills that were presented by the Clerk of Parliament, Mr Neil Laurie.

On Tuesday, in the morning, at Government House, Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM and Professor Graeme Nimmo RFD returned to Queensland, and Her Excellency resumed duties as Governor of Queensland. Following, Her Excellency received the Clerk of the Parliament, Mr Neil Laurie, for the presentation of two Bills: a Bill for an Act to amend the Coroners Act 2003, the Criminal Code, the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012, the Evidence Act 1977, the Oaths Act 186...

The Governor has granted Royal Assent to the Domestic and Family Violence Protection (Combating Coercive Control) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 and the Land and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023.

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Recently retired district District Court judge, Julie Dick SC, has been appointed to conduct a review of Queensland’s serious and organised crime laws. Attorney-General and Minister for Justice S

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The Womens Safety and Justice Taskforce was set up in March, a year after Brisbane mum Hannah Clarke and h...

The suggestion was one of 13 put forward in a discussion paper by the Queensland Womens Safety and Justice on Thursday.

“We want Queenslanders to tell us what’s working, what isn’t working and what needs to change,” taskforce lead Margaret McMurdo AC said.