New Changes to Recording Convictions on Criminal History
Legislation has been passed to amend the the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 in relation to a person’s criminal history. The amendments allow domestic violence notations to be administratively...
Granting Bail in Domestic Violence Cases
There are significant changes to the Bail Act 1980 and Corrective Services Act 2006 are important to obtaining bail in domestic violence cases. Generally, Queensland law provides its citizen...
New changes to the Domestic Violence Legislation last night
Respondents should be aware that last night, the Domestic and Family Violence Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 was passed by the Queensland Parliament with amendment. The curr...
New Criminal Offence to be introduced for Domestic Violence Offenders
The Criminal Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Act (No. 2) 2015 will introduce a new criminal offence into the Criminal Code. A person will offend the new section where they, unlawfully...