Queensland Government Bulletin: Recent media releases, reports, cases and legislation

In the media PS to pay for election promises The Government-elect has foreshadowed a reduction of $1.5 billion in the funding of Departments and Agencies to meet the cost of some of its promises. Mr Frydenberg said the Government would leave it to the judgement of Departmental Secretaries where the required efficiencies could be found (20 May 2019). More...

Privacy newsletter promotes information The Australian Information and Privacy Commissioner, Angelene Falk has launched a new newsletter aimed at sharing information about the activities of her office, and reflect the growing interrelationship between information access and data protection (20 May 2019). More...

Children's rights in relation to the digital environment On 16 May 2019, the Law Council made a submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN Committee) regarding a proposed General Comment on Children's Rights in Relation to the Digital Environment (17 May 2019). More...

High Court releases reasoning in Spence v Queensland [2019] HCA 15 The High Court of Australia considered the validity and operation of Commonwealth and Queensland laws that regulate the gifts made to political parties. On 17 April, the High Court held that the Queensland laws were valid and that a provision of the Commonwealth law was invalid. The Court published the reasons for this judgment on 15 May 2019 (15 May 2019). More...

More protection for children under tougher Blue Card laws The Palaszczuk Government has added 15 more crimes to the list of disqualifying offences when applying for a Blue Card, as part of its overhaul of Queensland's working with children check system (16 May 2019). More...

Lessons learned during first 12 months of notifiable data breaches scheme Data breaches involving personal information may be prevented through effective training and enhanced systems, analysis of the first 12 months of mandatory notifications reveals (13...