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COMMITTEE’S REPORT

The committee tabled its report to the Legislative Assembly on 25 November 2022. The report is available here.  The Bill was passed with amendment on 30 November 2022.

View:  Report

Debate of the Bill in Parliament:
Transcript 29 November 2022 (pages 3655-3677; 3683-3705);
Transcript 30 November 2022 (pages 3738-3748; 3750-3781; 3786-3787)
The debate can be viewed by clicking on the movie icon within the transcripts.  

ABOUT THE BILL 

On 14 October 2022, the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier and Minister for the Olympics introduced the Integrity and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 (the Bill) into the Queensland Parliament.  The Bill was referred to the Economics and Governance Committee (the committee) for detailed consideration.  The committee is required to report to the Parliament on the Bill by Friday 25 November 2022. 

• View: Bill
• View: Explanatory Notes
• View: Statement of Compatibility
• View: Introductory Speech

On 28 June 2022, Professor Peter Coaldrake AO delivered Let the Sunshine In: Review of culture and accountability in the Queensland public sector (the Coaldrake Report) to the Queensland Government. 

The Coaldrake Report makes 14 direct recommendations and recommends implementation of a suite of other recommendations from former reviews and inquiries, all with the purpose of strengthening the integrity and oversight framework in Queensland.

Mr Kevin Yearbury’s September 2021 report entitled, Strategic Review of the Integrity Commissioner’s Functions (the Yearbury Report), also recommended several changes to the functions of the Integrity Commissioner.

It is proposed to implement some of the recommendations from these reports through the Bill.

The Bill proposes to amend the following Acts to better promote the independence and authority of the Queensland Auditor-General, the Queensland Ombudsman and the Queensland Integrity Commissioner:

• Auditor-General Act 2009
• Ombudsman Act 2001
• Integrity Act 2009.

The Bill also proposes to amend the Public Sector Act 2022.

Further material about the Bill including any written briefings from the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, responses to submissions and questions taken on notice are available under the Related Publications tab.

Call for submissions

The committee invited submissions addressing any aspect of the Bill, from all interested parties.  Submissions closed at 10.00am on Friday 28 October 2022.

PUBLIC BRIEFING

A public briefing was held on Monday 24 October 2022 at 11.15am.

PUBLIC HEARING

A public hearing was held on Monday 7 November 2022.

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