Changes range from the policing of sex workers to overriding the state’s Human Rights Act, to allow children to be kept indefinitely in adult watch houses
Originally introduced in October last year, Queensland’s child protection and other legislation amendment bill started life as an extremely routine housekeeping law.
Now the bill would change everything from the operation of a north Queensland mining lease to the policing of sex workers, as well as requiring the suspension of the state’s Human Rights Act, to allow for children to be kept indefinitely in adult watch houses. Here’s a list of the 14 amendments attached to the bill and passed by Queensland’s parliament on Thursday.
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