The Youth Justice System in Queensland is a specific legal system that recognises that children at a vulnerable stage in their development and that it is only appropriate that juveniles are dealt with separate from the adult criminal justice system. In...
In 2014 the State Government passed the Safe Night Out Legislation Amendment Act 2014, this was done in an attempt to deal with public outcry in relation to ‘one punch’ offences in popular night spots. This act introduced Section 314A into the Criminal...
On the 24th day of October 2017 the Queensland Government passed the Penalties and Sentences (Drug and Alcohol Treatment Orders) and other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017. The Bill was introduced into Parliament on the 10th day of August 2017 with a view to enabling...
