Parliamentary update

The Bill was introduced into Queensland Parliament on 27 August 2025 and referred to the Justice, Integrity and Community Safety Committee for detailed consideration.

The Bill was passed in Parliament on 30 October 2025 and will commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

The objective of the Bill is to establish a framework for a three-tiered public child sex offender registry. A new part 5AA will be introduced into the Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004, providing for the release of particular information about certain reportable offenders as follows:

• Tier 1: Missing non-compliant offender website – a public website displaying facial images and particular personal details of reportable offenders who have breached their reporting obligations and whose whereabouts are unknown to police.
• Tier 2: Locality search – allows Queensland residents to apply to temporarily view facial images of particular reportable offenders (including reportable offenders who the Police Commissioner considers pose a serious risk to the lives or sexual safety of a child or children generally) residing in their general locality.
• Tier 3: Parent/guardian disclosure scheme – an application-based scheme enabling parents or people with ongoing parental responsibility for a child to apply for confirmation about whether a particular person who has had, or will have, unsupervised contact with their child is a reportable offender.

QLS contributed to the inquiry through a formal submission and also appeared before the Committee.

QLS was represented by President Genevieve Dee and Adam Moschella (Criminal Law Committee member) and appeared alongside members of the Bar Association Queensland (BAQ). QLS’s written submission made recommendations to enhance transparency in decision making and preserve access to judicial rights review.

At the public hearing, QLS and BAQ emphasised the lack of evidence supporting the effectiveness of public sex offender registers both nationally and internally.

The Electrical Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 was introduced on 28 October 2025 and referred to the State Development, Infrastructure and Works Committee for consideration.

The Explanatory Notes detail the amendments to the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (ES Act) and the Electrical Safety Regulation 2014 (ES Regulation) to:

• confirm that electricity entities can continue to give electrical equipment defect notices, by providing a clearly defined and limited power to prescribe this ability under the ES Regulation.
• empower the regulator (Electrical Safety Office) to give unsafe equipment directions to prohibit the sale, installation and use of unsafe electrical equipment under the ES Act, by elevating the regulator’s existing prohibition power for unsafe electrical equipment from the ES Regulation to the ES Act.
• clarify the operation of unsafe equipment directions.

The Bill also amends the Work Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 to omit a provision which would have been introduced into the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. The amendment to omit the provision removes an additional avenue for health and safety representatives and Work Health and Safety entry permit holders to request information contained in improvement, prohibition and non-disturbance notices from the regulator (Workplace Health and Safety Queensland). The Bill also makes other consequential amendments to give effect to the removal of this provision.

The Bill amends the:

• Electrical Safety Act 2002
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2013
• Work Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024.

The Bill, Explanatory Notes and Statement of Compatibility are available on the Committee Inquiry page.  Submissions to the inquiry are due 14 November  2025, with the Committee due to table its report on 19 December 2025.

On 30 October 2025, the Appropriation Bill 2025 was introduced to the Queensland Parliament. The Bill provides supplementary appropriation for unforeseen expenditure that occurred in the 2024-25 financial year.

The Bill was referred to the Governance, Energy and Finance Committee for consideration.

The Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2025 was introduced to the Queensland Parliament on 30 October 2025. The Bill provides supplementary appropriation for the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service for unforeseen expenditure that occurred in the 2024-25 financial year.

The Bill was referred to the Governance, Energy and Finance Committee for consideration.