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2021

30 Nov Lifting the lid on sentencing kids in Queensland

30 Nov Sentencing data reveals truth about Queensland’s kids in court

4 Nov Issues Paper questions Queensland’s ‘80 per cent rule’

28 Oct Additional reports published for the SVO scheme review

22 Oct Research helps shape SVO scheme review

24 Sep Queensland stands alone with SVO scheme

15 Sep Council mourns the loss of a valued member

1 Sep Members sought for new community feedback group

25 Aug Taking students Inside court

18 Aug Moving forward with Terms of Reference review

31 May Courts are treating DV cases more seriously

24 May New voice joins the Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council

20 May Research amplifies 14 years of Queensland sentencing trends

9 Apr Council to review the serious violent offences scheme

31 Mar Latest sentencing research tells it as it is

8 Feb Simplifying sentencing

20 Jan Queensland students receive new lessons on sentencing laws

7 Jan New sentencing data just a few clicks away

2020

17 Dec Looking under the bonnet at unlawful use of a motor vehicle offences

6 Oct Queensland’s Murri Court helping to make change happen

3 Oct Highlighting the Council’s 2019-20 achievements

1 Oct Final Report into penalties for assaults on public officers released

22 Sep New Case in Focus explores appeal against sentences for serious assault

2 Jul Feedback closes for latest Terms of Reference

29 Jun New video highlights the work of Queensland’s Court Link

25 Jun New series breaks down appeal cases of interest

28 May Shining a light on stalking in Queensland

30 Apr Issues Paper released concerning penalties for assaults on public officers

16 Apr Making sentencing terms easier to understand

23 Mar Advisory Council postpones Judge for Yourself engagements

27 Feb Preliminary submissions pave the way forward

31 Jan Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council’s latest Annual Report released

29 Jan Preliminary feedback closes for latest Terms of Reference

13 Jan Advisory Council extends deadline for preliminary feedback

2019

20 Dec 25 per cent of offenders repeatedly sentenced for burglary

16 Dec Providing a clear view of sentencing in Queensland

9 Dec Stats show Saturday is the most common day for robbery

6 Dec Council calls for feedback for new Terms of Reference

2 Dec Queensland’s Specialist Courts on show in new video series

22 Aug QSAC calls for new sentencing framework

19 Aug Queensland courts ban offenders from owning animals

22 May Clear picture of strangulation offenders emerges from first data analysis

30 Apr Council likely to recommend sentencing reform

2018

19 Dec Alcohol and drugs a factor in a third of dangerous driving deaths

5 Dec Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council releases annual report

21 Nov Sentencing for criminal offences arising from the death of a child - Final report

8 Nov Sentencing Advisory Council announces new Advisory Panel

10 Sep New Childrens Court case study lets you Judge for Yourself

7 Aug Huge rise in use of custodial orders given by Magistrates Courts

19 Jul Infants most ‘at risk’ of child homicide

13 Jul Seeking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advisory panel members

4 Jul Community summits on child homicide offences coming to Logan and Townsville

26 Jun Queensland’s first Sentencing Guide launched

1 Jun New faces for Sentencing Advisory Council

17 May Call for submissions — sentencing for child homicide offences

14 Feb Majority of drug traffickers sent to prison

2017

29 Nov Breach of bail offences on the rise

29 Nov Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council marks first anniversary

26 Oct Intermediate sentencing options under review

26 Oct Public to have say on sentencing for child homicide

12 Oct Statement from Attorney-General and Minister for Justice: Sentencing for criminal offences arising from the death of a child

12 Oct Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council releases inaugural annual report

6 Oct Sentencing Spotlight on possession of dangerous drugs released

20 Jul New package to deal with child exploitation material offenders before courts

18 May Judge for Yourself lets Queenslanders pass sentence

8 May Sentencing Spotlight on child exploitation material offences in Queensland

4 May Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council chair appointed magistrate

21 Apr Sentencing Spotlights on murder and manslaughter in Queensland

23 Mar Sentencing Matters podcast launches

13 Mar Consultation opens on review into classification of child exploitation materials for sentencing purposes

19 Jan QSAC to examine classification of child exploitation material

2016

10 Nov Palaszczuk Government names members of reinstated Sentencing Advisory Council