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Background

The Public Safety Business Agency (PSBA) was established on 21 May 2014 under the Public Safety Business Agency Act 2014.

The PSBA holds all infrastructure, fleet and information and communication technology assets and manage human resourcing, financial management, legal, policy, media and strategic planning functions for the Queensland Police Service (QPS), Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) and the Inspector-General of Emergency Management.

In 2015, the Public Service Commission conducted a review of the PSBA. The review report was tabled in Parliament on 17 February 2016.

Objective of the Bill

The Bill proposes to implement various recommendations of the review by amending legislation to:  

• amend the functions of the PSBA
• establish the PSBA Board of Management
• change the role of the PSBA chief executive officer to be the PSBA chief operating officer
• finalise the machinery of government changes that will allow Blue Card Services to transition to the Department of Justice and Attorney-General allow for the comprehensive integration of the SGS into the QPS.

 

The Public Safety Business Agency and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 and 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 process for this Inquiry will be published in due course.

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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 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 Public Safety Business Agency 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 on the bill by 2 August 2016.

Report

The committee tabled its report on 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