Penalties for assaults of public officers
The Council is reviewing penalties for assaults on police and other frontline emergency service workers, corrective services officers and other public officers in response to Terms of Reference issued to the Council by the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, the Honourable Yvette D’Ath MP, in early December 2019.
- Terms of Reference
- Submissions
- Media release – 6 December 2019
- Media release – 13 January 2020
- Media release – 29 January 2020
- Media release – 27 February 2020
- About assault, offences and mandatory sentencing
- Sentencing @ a glance – Serious assault
The Council must report back to the Attorney-General by 30 June 2020.
Preliminary feedback
The call for preliminary feedback closed at 5pm on Tuesday 28 January 2020.
We would like to thank all the individuals and organisations who provided feedback to the review. We will use the submissions to identify relevant issues to be explored in more detail in an Issues Paper planned for release in April.
Those who missed the deadline for preliminary submissions, but would still like to provide written feedback, can email the Council at submissions@sentencingcouncil.qld.gov.au, or write to:
Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council
GPO Box 2360
Brisbane QLD 4001
Late submissions
If you provide a submission after the due date, the Council may still decide to accept your submission. When deciding whether to accept late submissions, the Council generally will consider matters such as the reason why the submission was lodged after the due date, whether an extension was requested before the due date, and whether the Council has sufficient time to consider the submission.