This week in Parliament: 14–16 July 2020

Queensland Parliament sat from 14 to 16 July 2020. Key legislative updates included the passing of the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020, the Corrective Services and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020, and the introduction of the Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Bill 2020.

Read on for more on these and other updates.

Bills Introduced:

The following Bills were introduced into the Legislative Assembly:

• Queensland Future Fund Bill 2020
• Nature Conservation and Other Legislation (Indigenous Joint Management-Moreton Island) Amendment Bill 2020
• Child Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020
• Criminal Code and Other Legislation (Wage Theft) Amendment Bill 2020
• Waste Reduction and Recycling (Plastic Items) Amendment Bill 2020
• Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Bill 2020
• Public Service and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020
• Royalty Legislation Amendment Bill 2020

Queensland Future Fund Bill 2020

The Queensland Future Fund Bill 2020 was introduced by the Honourable Cameron Dick MP, Treasurer and Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, on 14 July 2020.

The Bill has been referred to the Economics and Governance Committee. Submissions on this Bill are due Wednesday 22 July 2020 at 12:00pm midday. More information on the Committee Inquiry is available here.

The Bill seeks to amend the Financial Accountability Act 2009 and the Superannuation (State Public Sector) Act 1990 and establish the Queensland Future Fund Act 2020.

As outlined in the explanatory notes:

The objectives of the Bill are to:

• Establish a Queensland Future Fund under an Act of Parliament, replicating, as far as possible, the legislative model set up by the NSW Generations Funds Act 2018;
• Establish the first Queensland Future Fund, the Debt Retirement Fund, to quarantine funding to reduce the debt of the State;
• Provide for the establishment and ongoing administration of Queensland Future Funds; and
• Provide an additional guarantee of the State’s defined benefit liabilities.

The Bill implements a commitment announced by the Government in the Mid-Year Fiscal and Economic Review 2019–20 (‘MYFER’) to establish a Queensland Future Fund. The first future fund to be established will be the Queensland Future (Debt Retirement) Fund (‘Debt Retirement Fund’).

Nature Conservation and Other Legislation (Indigenous Joint Management-Moreton Island) Amendment Bill 2020

The Nature Conservation and Other Legislation (Indigenous Joint Management-Moreton Island) Amendment Bill 2020 was introduced by the Honourable Shannon Fentiman MP, Minister for Employment and Small Business and Minister for Training and Skills Development, on 14 July 2020.

The Bill has been referred to the State Development, Tourism, Innovation and Manufacturing Committee. Submissions on this Bill are due Monday 3 August 2020 at 12:00pm. More information on the Committee Inquiry is available here.

The Bill seeks to amend the Aboriginal Land Act 1991, the Nature Conservation Act 1992, the Recreation Areas Management Act 2006 and the Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991.

As outlined in the explanatory notes and on the inquiry homepage:

In November 2019, the Federal Court of Australia made a native title consent determination recognising the Quandamooka people’s native title rights on Moreton Island. As part of the consent determination process, a number of settlement outcomes were negotiated between the State of Queensland and the Quandamooka people, including an agreement to work towards joint management of protected areas on Moreton Island, or Mulgumpin as it is known to the Quandamooka people.

The primary objective of the Nature Conservation and Other Legislation (Indigenous Joint ManagementꟷMoreton Island) Amendment Bill 2020 is to provide for the joint management of protected areas on Moreton Island by the State and Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation (QYAC).

The Bill amends the Aboriginal Land Act 1991, the Nature Conservation Act 1992 and the Recreation Areas Management Act 2006 to facilitate joint management arrangements, similar to those in place on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island). Specifically, the Bill proposes to:

• give prescribed protected areas on Moreton Island the status of transferable land under the Aboriginal Land Act so they may be granted to QYAC as Aboriginal land;
• provide that the Indigenous Management Agreement prepared for the management of prescribed protected areas is recognised under the Aboriginal Land Act to facilitate the declaration of an Indigenous Joint Management Agreement under the Nature Conservation Act;
• provide for the declaration of an Indigenous Joint Management Agreement over prescribed protected areas on Moreton Island to deliver joint management arrangements with QYAC on Moreton Island consistent with commitments in the Indigenous Land Use Agreement; and
• ensure consultation and other requirements, as specified in the Indigenous Management Agreement, are met before certain permits and authorities are granted under the Recreation Areas Management Act.

The Bill also proposes a number of minor amendments to legislation to provide clarification about the operation of existing provisions and provide consistency across related legislation.

Child Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020

The Child Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 was introduced by the Honourable Dianne Farmer MP, Minister for Child Safety, Youth and Women and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, on 14 July 2020.

The Bill has been referred to the Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee. The due date for submissions is Monday 3 August 2020 at 10:00am. More information on the Committee Inquiry is available here.

The Bill seeks to amend the Adoption Act 2009 and the Child Protection Act 1999.

As outlined in the explanatory notes and on the Inquiry Homepage:

On 2 June 2020, Deputy State Coroner Bentley of the Coroners Court of Queensland, delivered her findings following the inquest into the death of 22-month-old Mason Jet Lee.

The Bill responds to recommendation 6(b) of Deputy State Coroner Bentley’s findings of inquest. Recommendation 6(b) was that:

• “The Government consider whether the Adoption Act 2009 (Qld) should similarly reflect the 2018 amendments to the Adoption Act 2000 (NSW), expecting children to be permanently placed through out of home adoptions within 24 months of entering the department’s care.”

The objectives of the Child Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 (the Bill) are to:

• enhance the approach to permanency under the Child Protection Act 1999;
• clarify that adoption is an option for achieving permanency for children in care, as part of the suite of alternative long-term care options available; and
• clarify the importance of and promote alternative permanency options for children under a long-term guardianship order to the chief executive.

The Bill also includes a technical amendment to the Adoption Act 2009 to allow the chief executive of the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women to apply for final adoption orders for a small number of children from overseas.

Criminal Code and Other Legislation (Wage Theft) Amendment Bill 2020

The Criminal Code and Other Legislation (Wage Theft) Amendment Bill 2020 was introduced by the Honourable Grace Grace MP, Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations on 30 July 2020.

The Bill has been referred to the Education, Employment and Small Business Committee. Submissions on this Bill are due Thursday 30 July 2020 at 5:00pm. More information on the Committee Inquiry is available here.

The Bill seeks to amend the Industrial Relations Act 2016, the Magistrates Courts Act 1921 and the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009.

As outlined in the explanatory notes and on the Inquiry Homepage:

The explanatory notes state that the objectives of the Bill are to implement the underlying policy intent of the recommendations made in the committee’s report titled A fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work? Exposing the true cost of wage theft in Queensland, tabled on 16 November 2018. The two recommendations of the report that require legislative amendments are:

• Recommendation 8 (Simple, quick and low-cost wage recovery process for workers), and
• Recommendation 15 (Criminalisation of wage theft).

The objectives of the Bill are to be achieved by:

• enabling the prosecution of wage theft as stealing under the Criminal Code;
• increasing the maximum penalties in the Criminal Code for the offences of stealing and fraud relating to wage theft; and
• facilitating the Industrial Magistrates Court’s jurisdiction for wage recovery matters, including the small claims wage recovery procedure for matters of not more than $20,000 under section 548 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).

Waste Reduction and Recycling (Plastic Items) Amendment Bill 2020

The Waste Reduction and Recycling (Plastic Items) Amendment Bill 2020 was introduced by the Honourable Leeanne Enoch MP, Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and Minister for the Arts on 15 July 2020.

The Bill has been referred to the Natural Resources, Agricultural Industry Development and Environment Committee. Submissions on this Bill are due Friday 31 July 2020 at 10:00am. More information on the Committee Inquiry is available here.

The Bill seeks to amend the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011.

As outlined in the explanatory notes and on the Inquiry Homepage:

The principal policy objective of the Bill is to amend the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 to ban the supply of single-use plastic items, starting with straws, stirrers, plates and cutlery. These items are predominantly unable to be recovered for recycling through mainstream and widespread collection systems, and can end up contaminating recycling streams thereby potentially creating more waste that requires disposal. The Bill seeks to achieve a reduction in plastic pollution resulting from single-use plastic by 20 per cent by 2023.

The Bill supports delivery of the broader principles of the Queensland Government’s Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy, released on 1 July 2019 and the aims of Tackling Plastic Waste — Queensland’s Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan to reduce plastic waste and the environmental and economic impacts of plastic pollution.

Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Bill 2020

The Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Bill 2020 was introduced by the Ms Cynthia Lui MP, Member for Cook, on 16 July 2020.

The Bill has been referred to the Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee. Submissions on this Bill are due Friday 31 July at 5:00pm. More information on the Committee Inquiry is available here.

The Bill seeks to establish the Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020. It also seeks to amend the Adoption Act 2009, the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003, the Criminal Code, the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012, the Domicile Act 1981, the Evidence Act 1977, the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000, the Industrial Relations Act 2016, the Integrity Act 2009, the Payroll Tax Act 1971, the Powers of Attorney Act 1998, the Public Service Act 2008 and the Right to Information Act 2009.

As outlined in the explanatory notes and on the Inquiry Homepage:

The policy objective of the Bill are to recognise Ailan Kastom child rearing practice, establish a process for applications to be made for the recognition of the practice, and provide for a decision making process that will establish the legal effect of the practice.

The key features of the Bill are:

• a statutorily appointed and independent Commissioner, who is appropriately qualified and a Torres Strait Islander person, and who will decide an application for a cultural recognition order;
• a cultural recognition order has the effect of a permanent transfer of parentage from the birth parents to the cultural parents;
• any decision under the Bill, including deciding to make a cultural recognition order, must be for the wellbeing and best interests of a person who is the subject of an application for a cultural recognition order and must be made for the wellbeing, and in the best interests, of the child;
• consent for legal recognition must be provided by the biological parents and cultural parents (where reasonably and appropriately available);
• suitability of the cultural parents means that the cultural practice as occurred has been verified by persons with knowledge and understanding of the cultural practice specific to the family’s community);
• information will be exempt from release through the Right to Information Act 2009 to preserve confidentiality; and
• the Commissioner will have discretion to seek criminal history information about the cultural parents.

Public Service and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020

The Public Service and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 was introduced by the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier and Minister for Trade, on 16 July 2020.

The Bill has been referred to the Education, Employment and Small Business Committee. Submissions on this Bill are due Thursday 30 July 2020 at 5:00pm. More information on the Committee Inquiry is available here.

The Bill seeks to amend the Industrial Relations Act 2016, the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010 and the Public Service Act 2008.

As outlined in the explanatory notes and on the Inquiry Homepage:

The explanatory notes state that the objectives of the Bill are to give effect to the stage one public sector management reforms. The reforms arise from the recommendations of the independent review of public sector employment laws by Mr Peter Bridgman (the Bridgman Review) which was commissioned to ensure Queenslanders have the most responsive, consistent and reliable public service possible.

The Bridgman Review also complements the review into the Queensland Public Sector Workforce Reporting undertaken by Emeritus Professor Peter Coaldrake (the Coaldrake Review) and builds on previous measures to restore fairness in public sector employment.

The objectives of the Bill are to be achieved by amending the Public Service Act 2008 (PS Act) and the Industrial Relations Act 2016 (IR Act) to:

• drive more effective and consistent application of the existing commitment to maximise employment security by providing clear language that states that permanent employment is the default basis for public sector employment and that other non-permanent forms of employment should only be used when ongoing employment is not viable or appropriate.
• provide for public service appeals which are currently heard under the PS Act by the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) to instead be heard under the IR Act to ensure transparency and increase consistency in appeal decisions.
• establish positive performance management principles in the PS Act that will support managers and employees to work together to support optimal performance
• clarify the threshold for taking disciplinary action, and
• provide for new directives to guide disciplinary action and procedures, investigations and positive performance management

Royalty Legislation Amendment Bill 2020

The Royalty Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 was introduced by the Honourable Cameron Dick MP, Treasurer and Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, on 16 July 2020.

The Bill has been referred to the Economics and Governance Committee. Submissions on this Bill are due Thursday 23 July 2020 at 12:00pm midday. More information on the Committee Inquiry is available here.

The Bill seeks to amend the Betting Tax Act 2018, the Judicial Review Act 1991, the Mineral Resources Act 1989, the Mineral Resources Regulation 2013, the Payroll Tax Act 1971, the Petroleum Act 1923, the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, the Petroleum and Gas (Royalty) Regulation 2004, the Taxation Administration Act 2001 and the Taxation Administration Regulation 2012.

As outlined in the explanatory notes and on the Inquiry Homepage:

The policy objectives of the Bill are to:

• amend the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (Petroleum and Gas Act) and the Petroleum and Gas (Royalty) Regulation 2004 (Petroleum and Gas Regulation) to implement a new basis for imposing petroleum royalties, and make consequential changes to the Mineral Resources Regulation 2013 (Mineral Resources Regulation), and
• amend the Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Mineral Resources Act), Mineral Resources Regulation, Petroleum and Gas Act, Petroleum and Gas Regulation, Taxation Administration Act 2001 (Taxation Administration Act) and Taxation Administration Regulation 2012, to implement the Royalty Administration Modernisation (RAM) program.

The aim of the RAM program is to apply the Taxation Administration Act revenue framework to the administration of mineral and petroleum royalties, thereby aligning the administration of these royalty regimes with that of other state revenue laws.

To support the adoption of the Taxation Administration Act for royalties, the Bill also:

• makes consequential amendments to the Judicial Review Act 1991 to extend exemptions from the requirement to provide a statement of reasons for certain royalty decisions, and to the Petroleum Act 1923, and
• amends the Betting Tax Act 2018 and Payroll Tax Act 1971 to make beneficial changes to their refund provisions, consistent with amendments being made for royalty administration.

Legislation passed this Parliament

The following were passed by the Legislative Assembly

• Transport Legislation (Disability Parking and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2019
• Ministerial and Other Office Holder Staff and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
• Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020
• Transport and Other Legislation (Road Safety, Technology and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2020
• Corrective Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020

Transport Legislation (Disability Parking and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2020

The Transport Legislation (Disability Parking and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2019 was introduced on 26 November 2020 by the Honourable Mark Bailey MP, Minister for Transport and Main Roads. and was passed with amendment on 14 July 2020. The Act received assent on 21 July 2020

The Transport Legislation (Disability Parking and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2020 amends the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Act 2017, the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014, the Traffic Regulation 1962 and the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995.

As outlined in the explanatory notes and on the Inquiry Homepage:

The Bill will amend the Traffic Regulation 1962 and Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 to expand the criteria for those eligible to apply for a disability parking permit to those persons with a total loss of vision, permanent severe visual impairment or a temporary visual impairment that must be of at least 6 months’ duration, as certified by a doctor.

As noted in the explanatory notes on the amendments to the Bill, Part 2 of the Transport Legislation (Disability Parking and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2019 (the Bill) removes two Queensland-specific definitions from the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Act 2017 to allow definitions in the Rail Safety National Law to apply. Part 2 is drafted to commence on 1 July 2020. The objective of the amendments to be moved during consideration in detail is to ensure that part 2 commences on assent of the Bill

• Read the Bill as introduced here.
• See the explanatory notes to the Bill as introduced here.
• See the amendments to the Bill as proposed here.
• See the explanatory notes to the amendments as proposed here.

Ministerial and Other Office Holder Staff and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

The Ministerial and Other Office Holder Staff and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 was introduced on 15 May 2018 by the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier and Minister for Trade. The Bill passed with amendment on 16 July 2020.

The Act amends the Ministerial and Other Office Holder Staff Act 2010, the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001, Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal Act 2013, and the Parliamentary Service Act 1988

As outlined in the explanatory notes and on the Inquiry Homepage:

The policy objectives of the Bill were to:

• provide the Director-General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet with explicit power to conduct criminal history checks to assess the suitability of a person to be engaged in a Ministerial office, the Office of the Leader of the Opposition or an office of a non-government member;
• provide the Clerk of the Parliament with explicit power to conduct criminal history checks to assess the suitability of a person to be engaged in the Parliamentary Service including an Electorate Office;
• amend the plan details of the parliamentary precinct outlined in the Parliamentary Service Act 1988; and
• make some minor updates to references in the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001.

As noted in the explanatory notes to the proposed amendments of the Bill:

Amendments to the Bill were proposed in relation to the notification requirements on prosecuting authorities and additional staffing for cross bench members of Parliament.

• Read the Bill as introduced here.
• See the explanatory notes to the Bill as introduced here.
• See the amendments to the Bill as proposed here.
• See the explanatory notes to the amendments as proposed here.

Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020

The Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 was introduced on 5 February 2020 by the Honourable Michael de Brenni MP, Minister for Housing and Public Works; Minister for Digital Technology; Minister for Sport. The Bill was passed with amendment on 15 July 2020.

The Bill as introduced sought to amend the Architects Act 2002, the Building Act 1975, the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017, the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1990, the Planning Act 2016, the Private Health Facilities Act 1999, the Professional Engineers Act 2002, the Public Health (Infection control for Personal Appearance Services) Act 2003, the Professional Engineers Act 2002, the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991, the Retirement Villages Act 1999, and repeal the Retirement Villages (Transitional) Regulation 2019.

• Read our Parliamentary Update from February for our overview of the Bill as introduced.
• See the explanatory notes to the Bill as introduced here.
• Read the QLS Submission to the Bill as introduced here.

Proposed amendments to the Bill during consideration in detail included amendments relating to the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017, and the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991. Further amendments were proposed during the Parliamentary Sitting on 16 July 2020.

• See the amendments to the Bill as proposed here.
• See the explanatory notes to the amendments as proposed here.
• See the Hansard record of proceedings on 16 July 2020, where the Bill was passed here.

Transport and Other Legislation (Road Safety, Technology and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2020

The Transport and Other Legislation (Road Safety, Technology and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2020 was introduced on 17 March 2020 by the Honourable Mark Bailey MP, Minister for Transport and Main Roads. It was passed with amendment on 14 July 2020. The Act received assent on 21 July 2020.

The Transport and Other Legislation (Road Safety, Technology and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2020 amends the Gaming Machine Act 1991, the Keno Act 1996, the Liquor Act 1992, the Photo Identification Card Act 2008, the Summary Offences Act 2005, the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998, the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, the Transport Legislation (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2019, the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994, the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995, the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 and the Wine Industry Act 1994.

As outlined in the explanatory notes:

The objectives of the Bill are to:

• support the introduction and ongoing operation of a Digital Licence App
• facilitate camera enforcement of seatbelt and mobile phone offences
• make minor and technical improvements to:

— clarify the operation of some drug and drink driving provisions

— preserve certain existing secondary legal interests in the Department of Transport and Main Roads’ land

— allow access to land for environmental activities

— clarify evidentiary provisions for Smart Ticketing

— update evidentiary provisions because of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 (Cth)

— update legislative referencing and definitions.

• Read the Bill as introduced here.
• See the explanatory notes to the Bill as introduced here.
• Read the QLS Submission to the Bill as introduced here.

As outlined in the explanatory notes on the amendments to the Bill:

The objective of the amendment is to streamline the administrative process for including subsequent parcels of land declared as busway land into the existing busway perpetual lease.

The proposed amendment provides that if the chief executive gives notice to the registrar of titles to include subsequent parcels of land (declared as busway land) in the existing busway perpetual lease, the registrar must register the subsequent parcels of land in the existing perpetual lease in the land registry.

This provision seeks to streamline the administrative processes for including land into the existing busway perpetual lease for both the Department of Transport and Main Roads and the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy. The amendment provides for the effective and efficient declaration of land for major infrastructure projects.

• See the amendments to the Bill as proposed here.
• See the explanatory notes to the amendments as proposed here.

Corrective Services and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020

The Corrective Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 was introduced on 17 March 2020 by the Honourable Mark Ryan MP, Minister for Police and Minister for Corrective Services. The Bill was passed with amendment on 16 July 2020. The Act received assent on 21 July 2020.

The Corrective Services and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020 amends the Corrective Services Act 2006, the Criminal Code, the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1945, the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011, the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, the Public Health Act 2005, the Racing Integrity Act 2016, the Racing Integrity Regulation 2016, the Summary Offences Act 2005, the Weapons Act 1990, the Weapons Categories Regulation 1997 and the Weapons Regulation 2016.

Read our Parliamentary Update from March for our overview of the Bill as introduced.

• Read the Bill as introduced here.
• See the explanatory notes to the Bill as introduced here.
• Read the QLS Submission to the Bill as introduced here.

The amendments proposed during consideration in detail were in relation to the Corrective Services Act 2006, the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011, the Public Health Act 2005, the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, the Summary Offences Act 2005. Further amendments were proposed during the Parliamentary sitting on 16 July 2020.

For further detail:

• See the amendments to the Bill as proposed here.
• See the explanatory notes to the amendments as proposed here.
• See the Hansard record of proceedings on 16 July 2020, where the Bill was passed here.

Subordinate Legislation

Subordinate Queensland Legislation notified in 2020 is available online here.

Subordinate Legislation notified on the Queensland Legislation website from 26 June 2020 to 20 July 2020.

• SL No 100 of 2020: Ambulance Service (Fees) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 101 of 2020: Planning (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Regulation 2020
• SL No 102 of 2020: Economic Development (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Regulation 2020
• SL No 103 of 2020: Justice Legislation (COVID-19 Emergency Response — Proceedings and Other Matters) Regulation 2020
• SL No 104 of 2020: Education Legislation (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Regulation 2020
• SL No 105 of 2020: Proclamation №3 — Natural Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019 (commencing remaining provisions)
• SL No 106 of 2020: Land Regulation 2020
• SL No 107 of 2020: Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Legislation (Fees) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 108 of 2020: Mining Safety and Health Legislation (Health Surveillance) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 109 of 2020: Proclamation — Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (commencing remaining provisions)
• SL No 110 of 2020: Environmental Legislation (Fees) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 111 of 2020: Waste Reduction and Recycling (Waste Levy Rates for 2020–2021) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 112 of 2020: Weapons and Other Legislation (Fees) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 113 of 2020: Mutual Recognition (Queensland) (WA Container Deposit Scheme) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 114 of 2020: Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Queensland) (WA Container Deposit Scheme) Notice 2020
• SL No 115 of 2020: Public Service (Rulings and Other Matters) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 116 of 2020: Revenue Legislation (Fees) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 117 of 2020: Civil Liability and Other Legislation (Prescribed Amounts) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 118 of 2020: Coal Mining Safety and Health (Methane Monitoring and Ventilation Systems) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 119 of 2020: Housing and Public Works Legislation (Fees) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 120 of 2020: Rural and Regional Adjustment Amendment Regulation (№1) 2020
• SL No 121 of 2020: Racing Integrity (Fees) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 122 of 2020: Adoption Regulation 2020
• SL No 123 of 2020: Youth Justice (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Regulation 2020
• SL No 124 of 2020: Fire and Emergency Services Legislation (Fees) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 125 of 2020: State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation (№1) 2020
• SL No 126 of 2020: Gaming Tax Notice 2020
• SL No 127 of 2020: Proclamation №1 — Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (commencing certain provisions)
• SL No 128 of 2020: Proclamation №1 — Community Services Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 2020 (commencing certain provisions)
• SL No 129 of 2020: Further Education and Training (Fees) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 130 of 2020: Proclamation №3 — Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019 (commencing remaining provisions)
• SL No 131 of 2020: Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Regulation 2020
• SL No 132 of 2020: Work Health and Safety (Codes of Practice) (Stone Benchtop Industry and Coal-fired Power Stations) Amendment Notice 2020
• SL No 133 of 2020: Public Records (Paradise Dam) Amendment Regulation 2020
• SL No 134 of 2020: Residential Services (Accreditation) (Extension of Transitional Provision for Retirement Villages) Amendment Regulation 2020

Queensland Government Gazette

The Queensland Government Gazettes for 2020 are available online here.

Parliamentary Sitting Dates

As indicated on the parliamentary website (linked here), the Queensland Parliament is currently scheduled to sit on the following dates for the remainder of 2020:

• 11 to 13 August
• 8 to 10 September
• 1 to 3 December
• 8 to 10 December (tentative)