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Objective of the Bill

The objectives of the Bill, as set out in the explanatory notes, are to facilitate the merger of CrimTrac (Australia’s policing information sharing agency) into the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) (Australia’s national criminal intelligence agency), and to address operational priorities of the Queensland Police Service and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services. This involves amendments to the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, the Weapons Act 1990 and the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1990.

The Australian Crime Commission (Queensland) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill and the Explanatory Notes are available from the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel at www.legislation.qld.gov.au.

The Hansard transcript of the explanatory speech for the Bill is here.

Other Information

Any additional information about the inquiry process will be published in due course.

Public Briefing

The Public Safety Business Agency provided a public briefing to the committee on Wednesday 15 June 2016.  The broadcast can be viewed here (at time mark 1:37:00) until replaced by more recent footage.  The transcript is available under the Related Publications tab.  

Referral

On 24 May 2016, the Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services and Minister for Corrective Services, the Hon Bill Byrne MP, introduced the Australian Crime Commission (Queensland) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 into the Queensland Parliament.  The bill was referred to the Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee for detailed consideration.

The committee is required to report by 2 August 2016.

Report

The committee tabled its report on the 2 August 2016.  It can be accessed here.

Submissions

Submissions closed on Friday 24 June 2016.   Submissions received can be viewed under the Submissions tab. 

 Submissions will only be published following formal acceptance by the committee