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Appointments to the Parole Boards The Queensland Parole Board, the Southern Queensland Regional Parole Board and the Central and Northern Queensland Regional Parole Board are independent statutory bodies established under the Corrective Services Act 2006. The parole boards determine parole applications from prisoners who are serving sentences in excess of three years, all sex offenders and offenders determined to be serious violen
Appointments Central and Northern Queensland Regional Parole Board and Southern Queensland Regional Parole Board The Southern Queensland Regional Parole Board and the Central and Northern Queensland Regional Parole Board (Regional Parole Boards) are independent statutory bodies established under the Corrective Services Act 2006. The Regional Parole Boards make decisions in relation to prisoners serving a term of imprisonment of between three and less than eight years and all sex offenders and offenders deter
Corrective Services (Parole Board) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 On 9 August 2016, the Premier and Minister for the Arts announced an independent review into the parole system in Queensland following the alleged murder of an elderly Townsville woman by a man on parole following his release from the Townsville Correctional Centre that same day. Mr Walter Sofronoff QC was appointed to conduct the review. On 1 December 2016, Mr Sofronoff delivered his report to t
Appointments to Parole Board Queensland On 1 December 2016, the Queensland Parole System Review Report Final Report (review report) was delivered by Mr Sofronoff to Government. The review report made 91 recommendations for complete reform of Queensland’s parole system. The Government accepted the recommendations to establish a new, independent, professional Parole Board. The Premier also announced that Mr Michael Byrne QC will be engage
Appointments to Parole Board Queensland On 1 December 2016, the Queensland Parole System Review Report Final Report (review report) was delivered by Mr Sofronoff to Government. The review report made 91 recommendations for complete reform of Queensland’s parole system. On 16 February 2017, the Premier and Minister for the Arts tabled the review report in the Legislative Assembly along with Government response. The Government accepted
Queensland Parole System Reform Implementation Progress Report The Queensland Parole System Review, led by Mr Walter Sofronoff QC, presented the Queensland Parole System Review (QPSR) Report to the Premier and Minister for the Arts on 1 December 2016. The Report made 91 recommendations for complete reform of Queensland’s parole system. The Queensland Government supported or supported-in-principle 89 of the 91 recommendations and committed funding of $265 mil
Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 The Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 (the Bill) amends the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (PPRA) to enhance the delivery of efficient, quality front line services. The Bill creates a new high-risk missing person scheme to provide police with powers to enter certain places with a warrant from a Supreme Court judge or a magistrate, to search f
Corrective Services Amendment Bill 2017 The Corrective Services (No Body, No Parole) Amendment Bill 2017 (the Bill) provides the framework to require the parole board to refuse to make a parole order for a prisoner convicted of prescribed fatal offences unless the board is satisfied the prisoner has cooperated satisfactorily in the investigation of the offence to identify the location, or the last known location of the remains of the vi
Queensland implementation of Council of Australian Governments commitment on bail and parole Recent terrorism incidents in Australia included the Brighton Siege in June 2017 and the Lindt Café siege in December 2014. On 9 June 2017, First Ministers agreed at a Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting that they ‘will ensure there will be a presumption that neither bail nor parole will be granted to those persons who have demonstrated support for, or have links to, terrorist activit
Appointments to Parole Board Queensland Parole Board Queensland (the Board) is an independent statutory body that makes decisions about a prisoner’s release into the community under supervision. The Board decides prisoners’ applications for release into the community on parole, and amends, suspends or cancels parole orders for prisoners who have been released to parole. The highest priority in making parole decisions is the safety of th
Queensland Parole System Reform - Progress Report The Queensland Parole System Review, led by Mr Walter Sofronoff QC, presented the Queensland Parole System Review (QPSR) Report to the Premier and Minister for Trade on 1 December 2016. The Report made 91 recommendations for complete reform of Queensland’s parole system. The Government supported, or supported-in-principle, 89 of the 91 recommendations and committed funding of $265 million over si
Queensland Parole System Reform Progress Report The Queensland Parole System Review (QPSR), led by Mr Walter Sofronoff QC, presented the Queensland Parole System Review Report (the Report) to the Queensland Government on 1 December 2016. The Report contained 91 recommendations to reform Queensland’s parole system. The Government supported, or supported-in-principle, 89 of the 91 recommendations. As at 31 January 2019, 34 of the 89 accepted QPSR
Queensland Parole System Reform - Progress Report The effectiveness of parole is fundamental to the integrity of the corrective services system and community safety. The Queensland Parole System Review (QPSR), led by Mr Walter Sofronoff QC, presented the Queensland Parole System Review Report (the Report) to Government on 1 December 2016. The Report contained 91 recommendations to reform Queensland’s parole system. The Government supported, or su
Justice Legislation (Links to Terrorist Activity) Amendment Bill 2018 The Justice Legislation (Links to Terrorist Activity) Amendment Bill 2018 (the Bill) ensures that there is a presumption that neither bail nor parole will be granted to those persons who have demonstrated support for, or have links to, terrorist activity. The Bill: reverses the statutory presumption in favour of bail for any adult or child offender who has previously been convicted of a terrorism
Appointments to Parole Board Queensland Parole Board Queensland (the Board) is an independent statutory body that makes decisions about a prisoner’s release into the community under supervision. The Board decide prisoners’ applications for release into the community on parole, and amend, suspend or cancel parole orders for prisoners who have been released to parole. The highest priority in making parole decisions is the safety of the co
Framework for parole decisions about prisoners Under Queensland’s Criminal Code, the offence of murder carries mandatory life imprisonment or the imposition of an indefinite sentence under Part 10 of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992. The Criminal Code, read in conjunction with the Corrective Services Act 2006, sets mandatory minimum non-parole periods for the offence of murder; that is, the minimum period an offender must spend in prison b
Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 The Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 (the Bill) amends various laws to enhance the delivery of efficient, quality, front line services. The Bill expands the existing police banning notice regime to apply to adults who unlawfully possess a knife in licensed premises, a public place in a safe night precinct and public events where alcohol is sold. The Bil
Appointments Parole Board Queensland Parole Board Queensland (the Board) is an independent statutory body that makes decisions about a prisoner’s release into the community under supervision. The Board decides prisoners’ applications for release into the community on parole, and amends, suspends or cancels parole orders for prisoners who have been released to parole. The highest priority in making parole decisions is the safety of th
Inspector of Detention Services Bill 2021 Since 2016, a number of reviews into elements of Queensland’s criminal justice system have considered the existing layers of accountability over Queensland’s places of detention and recommended the establishment of an independent inspectorate to oversee adult prisons, youth detention centres and police watch-houses. These reviews include the Queensland Parole System Review, the Independent Review