Policy and Legislation

Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (QLD)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/aa1977204/

Child Protection Act 1999 (QLD)
http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/C/ChildProtectA99.pdf

Human Rights Act 2019 (QLD)  –  https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/pdf/asmade/act-2019-005

Human Services Quality Framework – Department of Communities, Child Safety & Disability Services, Queensland  https://www.communities.qld.gov.au/industry-partners/funding-grants/human-services-quality-framework

Equal Treatment Benchbook QLD
http://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/94054/s-etbb.pdf

Evidence Act 1977 (QLD)
http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/E/EvidceA77.pdf

Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 QLD
http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/G/GuardAdminA00.pdf

National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2013A00020

Queensland Government (2022) Queensland Government response to the Report of the Women’s Justice and Safety Taskforce: Hear Her Voice – Report One – Addressing Coercive Control and Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland. Brisbane. To access Click Here

Queensland Government (2022) Queensland Government response to the Report of the Women’s Justice and Safety Taskforce: Hear Her Voice – Report Two, Volume One: Hear-her-voice-Report-2-Volume-1.pdf (womenstaskforce.qld.gov.au)

Hear Her Voice – Report Two, Volume Two: Hear-her-voice-Report-2-Volume-2.pdf (womenstaskforce.qld.gov.au)

The Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce has completed its reports – Hear her voice 1 & 2 –  examining and reviewing the experiences of women and girls across Queensland’s criminal justice system.

If you would like to access all those reports please click HERE.

United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD)

https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-2.html

Victim of Crime Assistance Act 2009

The amended Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009 (PDF, 1MB)  (VOCAA) commenced 1 July 2017. The purpose of the changes is to ensure that government and non-government agencies provide an increasingly effective response to victims of crime in Queensland.