In Parliament
Question Time: Funding naloxone, the life-saving opioid overdose reversal drug
September 03, 2021
In Parliament on Tuesday 31 August 2021, Overdose Awareness Day, I asked the Health Minister whether the Government would fund frontline workers to supply free naloxone (the overdose reversal drug) to people at risk...
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August 16, 2021
During Parliamentary Budget Estimates on Friday 13 August 2021, I asked about potential human rights breaches in youth detention centres in Queensland. You can read my previous Questions on Notice, which I refer to...
Read More ShareEstimates: Questions regarding procedures for children in detention experiencing mental health crises
August 16, 2021
During Parliamentary Budget Estimates on Friday 13 August 2021, I asked about the procedures for children in youth detention (as young as 10 years old) who are experiencing a mental health crisis, such as...
Read More ShareEstimates: Questions about supporting Traditional Owners to use the Aboriginal Land Act
August 16, 2021
During Parliamentary Budget Estimates on Friday 13 August 2021, I asked what work the Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships is doing to facilitate and support First Nations use of the Aboriginal...
Read More ShareEstimates: Question about Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) in Queensland prisons
August 16, 2021
During Parliamentary Budget Estimates on Thursday 12 August 2021, I asked about access to Opioid Substitution Therapy in Queensland prisons. You can read the answers below or in the official Queensland Parliament Record of Proceedings...
Read More ShareEstimates: Questions about overcrowding and parole delays in Queensland prisons
August 16, 2021
During Parliamentary Budget Estimates on Thursday 12 August 2021, I asked about overcrowding and conditions in Queensland's prisons, and delays in considering parole applications and suspensions which is contributing to this overcrowding. You can...
Read More ShareEstimates: Questions about police misconduct at the Land Forces protests
August 16, 2021
During Parliamentary Budget Estimates on Thursday 12 August 2021, I asked about police actions reported in the Legal Observers report by Action Ready on the policing of Land Forces protests in South Brisbane this...
Read More ShareEstimates: Questions about resourcing for the Body Corporate and Community Management Commissioner
August 16, 2021
During Parliamentary Budget Estimates on Thursday 12 August 2021, I asked about resourcing or the Body Corporate and Community Management Commissioner, an issue my colleague Amy MacMahon has been working on. You can read...
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August 16, 2021
During Parliamentary Budget Estimates on Thursday 12 August 2021, I asked whether the Government supports laws to ban misleading political advertising. You can read the answer below or in the official Queensland Parliament Record of...
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August 16, 2021
During Parliamentary Budget Estimates on Thursday 12 August 2021, I asked when the Attorney-General would refer the decriminalisation of sex work to the Qld Law Reform Commission as promised. You can read the answer...
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