The Queensland Council for Civil Liberties (QCCL) has criticised the weakening of the external oversight powers of the proposed Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC).
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The President of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, Ian Dearden, today supported the proposed apology to indigenous people to be delivered by Chief Magistrate Diane Fingleton on behalf of the Queensland magistracy. In doing so, Mr Dearden rejected the reported criticism from Chief Justice Paul de Jersey that the move was “not a proper use of the court”.
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The Queensland Council for Civil Liberties (QCCL) today accused the Queensland Opposition of planning to go down the same mindless mandatory sentencing track as the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
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The Annual Report of the Vice-President, Terry O’Gorman - June 15, 2020
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Annual Report of the President Ian Dearden from AGM 15 June 2000
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Annual Report of the Vice-President, Terry O’Gorman - 15 June 1999
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The Queensland Council for Civil Liberties (QCCL) today supported Police Commissioner
Jim O'Sullivan's call for an inquiry into violence and alcoholism in remote Queensland Aboriginal communities.
QCCL Vice-President Terry O'Gorman said that the recent valuable series of articles by the
Courier Mail highlighted a problem which had not been appreciated by him or the Executive of the QCCL until recently.
Annual report of the President delivered at the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 15 March 1995
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The Council submits that it is inappropriate simply to decriminalise the personal use of cannabis. Such a policy represents an unsatisfactory compromise. If criminal penalties should not be imposed upon the personal use of cannabis, then it is difficult to understand why, in principle, there should be a prohibition on its cultivation and distribution. A policy which legalises or decriminalises personal use, but maintains a prohibition upon the cultivation and sale in large quantities of cannabis simply serves to increase the price of cannabis to users and ensures that the cultivation and supply of cannabis is undertaken by criminal organizations.
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Why do people take drugs? The most obvious and natural answer is because they like them. We do not generally look for obscure, psychological or sociological explanations of most drug use in the community. People take alcohol, smoke tobacco, drink tea and coffee because they enjoy the effects of these substances.
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Annual Report of the President Matt Foley - 26 November 1985.
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