Review requirements for the suspension of parole orders
Corrective Services (Parole Board) Amendment Bill 2025
Private Member's BillAssembly
Introduced by: Laura Gerber (LNP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Parole Board Queensland must review a board member's decision to suspend a parole order within 2 business days.
The Parole Board Queensland must either confirm the decision or set it aside and make a new decision.
Prisoners must be released if the Parole Board Queensland sets aside a decision to suspend their parole.
Prisoners are not considered to have been unlawfully at large while waiting for the Parole Board Queensland to review a suspension decision.
The law confirms that past decisions by the Parole Board Queensland regarding parole suspensions were valid and lawful.