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About the Bill 

On 3 April 2025 the Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support and Minister for Corrective Services, Hon Laura Gerber introduced the Corrective Services (Parole Board) Amendment Bill 2025 into the Queensland Parliament.  The Bill was referred to the Governance, Energy and Finance Committee for detailed consideration.  

The stated objective of the Bill is to ensure the Parole Board Queensland can make decisions that maintain community safety.

The explanatory notes state that the Bill empowers the Board with the authority to review all decisions made by a prescribed board member after a request for immediate suspension from QCS, including where a prescribed board member decides not to suspend parole. 

The Bill also purports to validate decisions made by the Board as a result of this community safety practice in the past.

Further information

Further information including written briefings, correspondence, response to submissions, transcripts and answers to questions taken on notice are available under the Related Publications tab.

Call for submissions

Submissions closed at 12:00pm on Thursday, 17 April 2025. Submissions accepted by the committee can be viewed under the “Submissions” tab above. 

PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS

The committee has scheduled a public briefing on the Bill by officers of the Queensland Corrective Services on Wednesday, 30 April 2025 followed by a public hearing with stakeholders.  See the timeline below for further information.

Committee’s report

The committee is due to table its report on Friday, 23 May 2025. The report will be published here.