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Crime and Corruption (Restoring Reporting Powers) Amendment Bill 2025
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2025
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 and the
Crime and Corruption and Other Legislation Amendment Act
2024 for particular purposes
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Part 1 Preliminary
The Parliament of Queensland enacts—
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Crime and Corruption
(Restoring Reporting Powers) Amendment Act 2025.
Part 2 Amendment of Crime and
Corruption Act 2001
2 Act amended
This part amends the Crime and Corruption Act 2001.
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investigations and reporting)
Chapter 2, heading, ‘and reporting’—
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, reporting and statements
4 Amendment of s 35 (How commission performs its
corruption functions)
Section 35(1)—
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(k) providing information generally about how
it performs its corruption functions by
reporting and making statements to the
public;
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(l) reporting on investigations to appropriate
authorities and entities if it decides that
prosecution proceedings or disciplinary
action should be considered;
(m) providing information to the public and to
appropriate authorities and entities, by
reporting and making public statements,
about particular complaints or particular
investigations if the commission considers it
appropriate and necessary in the
circumstances to do so to—
(i) provide transparency about how it
performs its corruption functions; or
(ii) assure the public and other authorities
and entities that allegations of
corruption are appropriately dealt with;
or
(iii) continuously improve the integrity of,
and reduce the incidence of corruption
in, the public sector.
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complaints—commission)
Section 46(5)—
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Note—
See section 48B in relation to limitations on the
commission’s findings, recommendations and
statements.
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(Miscellaneous provision)
Chapter 2, part 3, division 4, subdivision 4, heading,
‘provision’—
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provisions
7 Insertion of new s 48B
After section 48A—
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48B Limitation on commission’s findings,
recommendations and statements
(1) Despite any other law, including sections 46, 64,
64A and 65A, the commission must not—
(a) make any finding or statement that a person
has or has not engaged in, or is or is not
engaging in or about to engage in,
corruption; or
(b) make any finding, recommendation or
statement that—
(i) a person should be prosecuted for a
criminal offence or be the subject of
disciplinary action; or
(ii) prosecution proceedings or disciplinary
action should be considered in relation
to a person; or
(c) make any finding or statement that there is
evidence, or insufficient evidence,
supporting the start of a proceeding against
a person.
(2) However, subsection (1)(b)(ii) and (c) does not
apply in relation to—
(a) a report under division 5 or a proceeding
relating to the report; or
(b) any information or document that the
commission is required to provide to the
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parliamentary committee or parliamentary
commissioner.
(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that
subsection (1) does not prevent the commission
making a factual statement—
(a) about a matter or thing that is already in the
public domain; or
(b) to indicate that the commission has reported
on a corruption investigation under division
5.
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conduct)
(1) Section 50, heading—
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50 Commission may apply to QCAT about corrupt
conduct
(2) Section 50(1)—
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(1) This section applies if the commission—
(a) reports to the chief executive officer of a
unit of public administration under section
49(2)(f); and
(b) considers there is evidence supporting the
start of a disciplinary proceeding against a
prescribed person in the unit of public
administration in relation to a complaint
about, or information or matter involving,
corruption.
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Chapter 2, part 6, heading, after ‘Reporting’—
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and statements
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Chapter 2, part 6, division 1, heading—
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Division 1 Preliminary
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(1) Section 63, heading, ‘pt 6’—
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part
(2) Section 63, ‘performance of crime functions’—
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commission’s performance of its crime function
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After section 63—
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63A Definitions for part
In this part—
action includes a decision to take no action or
discontinue action.
corruption matter means—
(a) a complaint about, or information or matter
(also a complaint) involving, corruption
made or notified to the commission, or
otherwise coming to its attention, whether
or not the complaint has been assessed or
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any action has been taken in relation to the
complaint under section 46; or
(b) a corruption investigation, whether or not
the investigation is complete.
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(1) Section 64, heading, ‘Commission’s’—
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Commission
(2) Section 64(2)—
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Note—
See section 48B in relation to limitations on the
commission’s findings, recommendations and
statements.
(3) Section 64—
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(4A) To remove any doubt, it is declared that, subject
to section 63, the commission may report
simultaneously in the performance of 1 or more of
its functions.
(4B) This section does not apply to a report under part
3, division 5.
(4) Section 64(4A) to (5)—
renumber as section 64(5) to (7).
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After section 64—
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64A Commission reports—particular corruption
matters
(1) Without limiting section 64, the commission may
report on a corruption matter under section 64(1).
(2) In making a decision about reporting on a
corruption matter under section 64(1), including
the preparation of prescribed content and the
inclusion of comments under section 64(4) in the
report, the commission must consider the
following matters—
(a) the need for accountability and transparency
in government and the public sector;
(b) whether the report will be for the public
benefit;
(c) whether the commission has finalised its
assessment of the corruption matter, and any
action taken in relation to the corruption
matter, under section 46;
(d) the seriousness of the corruption matter;
(e) whether the report may prejudice—
(i) any proceeding that the commission is
aware of, or any reasonably foreseeable
future proceeding, in relation to the
corruption matter; or
(ii) an investigation by the commission or
other law enforcement agency;
(f) if a person’s identity is readily apparent, or
can reasonably be ascertained, from the
report—
(i) whether the standing and status of the
person warrants greater public
scrutiny; and
Examples—
• the person holds a senior role in the
public service
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• the person is an independent statutory
office holder
• the person is an elected official
(ii) whether the report may unreasonably
damage the person’s health, safety or
wellbeing; and
(iii) the seriousness of the person’s conduct;
and
(iv) whether the person consents to being
identified; and
(v) whether the report may unreasonably
interfere with the person’s privacy or
reputation;
(g) any other relevant matter.
(3) Subsection (2) does not limit or otherwise
affect—
(a) the operation of section 57; or
(b) the application of any other law to the
commission’s decision.
Example of another law that may apply to the
commission’s decision—
Human Rights Act 2019, section 58
(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the
commission may report on a corruption matter
under subsection (1) regardless of whether the
commission has reported on the matter under
section 49.
Note—
See also section 331.
(5) In this section—
prescribed content, for a report, means—
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(a) an objective summary of matters that must
be included in the report under section
64(2)(b); or
(b) a fair statement of a person’s submission
that must be included in the report under
section 69B(5) or 69D(4).
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Chapter 2, part 6—
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Division 2A Public statements about
particular corruption
matters
65A Public statements
(1) The commission may make a statement to the
public about a corruption matter (a public
statement).
(2) A public statement may be made in the way the
commission considers appropriate.
Examples of ways to make a public statement—
• issuing a media release
• making a verbal statement at a press conference
• publishing information on the commission’s
website
(3) A public statement must not include any
recommendations in relation to a corruption
matter other than a recommendation included in a
commission report on the corruption matter that
has been tabled in the Legislative Assembly, or
published, under section 69.
Note—
See also section 48B.
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