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This power to block parole for decades after a person has already served 20 30 years or more in prison will be exercised by the President of the Queensland Parole Board sitting in secret and behind closed doors with the process totally lacking in transparency or accountability.
Read MoreA law requiring people to register with the Council before they can exercise their right to express a political opinion on their own private property is fundamentally repugnant to the whole concept of freedom of speech” says Michael Cope President of the QCCL
Read MoreIf the concept of citizenship is to mean anything it must mean the right to return to and live in your place of citizenship
Read MoreFreedom of speech is rooted in a distrust of the government’s capacity to regulate speech particularly political speech, where it is always in a position of a conflict of interest. This conflict is no starker when it is seeking to restrain the use of embarrassing information obtained by journalists
Read Morethe first question that must be addressed is whether the technology is actually going to reduce harm caused by police chases. The chase must presumably have to start. There must still have to be a police policy dealing with the circumstances in which chases will be commenced, even if they are intended to be relatively short because this technology will be available.
Overseas discussions of this issue make reference to avoiding problems with other vehicles by implementing technology in all cars which enables each car to react to the presence of another vehicle.
This then brings us to serious other issues connected with this type of technology. Those issues relate to the fundamental rights of privacy and freedom of movement.
“The QCCL calls on the government to provide assurances to the people of Queensland, that data collected from the Check in QLD app will be used solely for the stated purpose of contact tracing. QCCL also seeks assurances that information collected from the Check-in app will not be used for law enforcement purposes or any other additional purpose” said Mr. Cope
Read MoreToday’s Courier Mail report that a prisoner hung himself from the same hanging point inside the same cell at Wolston Prison in Brisbane just weeks after he was rescued from an earlier suicide attempt has reignited calls for the State Government to set up an Independent Inspectorate of Prisons as a matter of urgency.
Read MoreWe start off by expressing our dismay at the government’s policy reversal since the position that it took when in opposition in 2014 in opposing legislation introduced by the Newman government which followed similar erroneous principles.
Read MoreThe tit for tat unsubstantiated rape allegations against a Morrison Government Minister and a Federal Labor Politician must end and respect for the presumption of innocence must be urgently restored.
Read Morewe reiterate that a solution to the issue of driver distraction is not capable of resolution via the use of artificial intelligence to detect offences. On the terms of the amended primary legislation, this simply means that the power to enforce law becomes easier and automated. An increased ease by which law may be enforced is not a legitimate means to addressing the issue of distracted drivers
Read MoreThe possibility that Australians may be required to show proof of having received a COVID-19 vaccination in order to access basic services raises some serious civil liberties concerns.
Read MoreIt is said that these measures are justified by the precautionary principle. However, this principle does not sit well with individual liberty. It puts pressure on officials to take steps in the absence of clear evidence and gives permission for arbitrary decisions. Rather than balancing risk against liberty, the effect of this principle is that liberty is what you have left after all possible precautions have been taken. In effect it sets the value of liberty at naught before balancing commences
Read MoreWe would point out that the people in question have committed no crime. They are not being detained as punishment. They are being held for everybody else’s protection. The community should be prepared to pay so these people can live in reasonable conditions
Read MoreToday’s Courier Mail report (15/2/21) dealing with serious overcrowding in Queensland jails resulting in fatigued prison officers having to work 18 hour shifts and sleeping in their cars to keep up with the soaring inmate population has caused the QCCL to call on the Corrective Services Minister (Mark Ryan) as to why an Independent Inspectorate of Prisons has not been established in Queensland.
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