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Lapse of Bill

On 25 January 2012 the Premier announced that she would seek dissolution of the Parliament on 19^th February 2012. On dissolution of the Parliament, all Bills before the Parliament lapsed.

The Committee authorised any successor committee to have access to its documents and evidence received, including correspondence and submissions received by the Committee prior to the Inquiry lapsing.

Other Information

The Right to Information (Government-related Entities) Amendment Bill 2011 and Explanatory Notes are available from the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel.

The Hansard transcript of the explanatory speech for the Bill can be found online.

Referral

On 8 September 2011 the Member for Kawana, Mr Jarrod Bleijie, introduced the Right to Information (Government-related Entities) Amendment Bill 2011 into the Queensland Parliament. Subsequently, Parliament referred the Bill to the Legal Affairs, Police, Corrective Services and Emergency Services Committee for detailed consideration.

The committee is due to report back to the Parliament by 8 March 2012.

The Bill

The Bill proposes to amend the Right to Information Act 2009 by extending the definition of "public authority" to include a corporation supported directly or indirectly by government funds or over which the State, minister or a department is in a position to exercise control.

Call For Submissions

Submissions closed on Friday 11 November 2011.