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Subscriber only Employers and others may be legally barred from discriminating against someone based on their criminal past following an overdue review of Queensland laws. The Queensland Human Rights Commission has been asked to consider widening who is protected under the state s Anti-Discrimination Act in a review announced by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. That includes whether people should be protected from discrimination based on their spent criminal conviction or irrelevant criminal record; expunged homosexual conviction; irrelevant medical record; immigration status; employment activity; and physical features , the review s terms of reference reveals. It could mean a recommendation to the government to enshrine in law that a person cannot turn down a prospective employee for a job, like a supermarket cashier, if the person has an irrelevant criminal record, like for public drunkenness.
Central Queensland alleged criminals have been spending weeks in the watch-house waiting for prison places to become available and some have not been getting mail from their lawyers while being held on remand.
Rockhampton lawyers have contacted The Morning Bulletin after discovering the unjust treatments their clients have received while being held in custody in Queensland.
One lawyer, who did not want his name to be published, said one of his clients was kept in Rockhampton’s watch-house for 16 days before being moved to a prison.
He said this was becoming a common occurrence, leading to safety concerns for watch house staff.
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