Legal Officer - Brisbane, Australia - Justice and Attorney-General

Justice and Attorney-General

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Brisbane, Australia

3 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

The Queensland Law Reform Commission (QLRC is an independent statutory body established under the Law Reform Commission Act 1968.

The QLRC aims to meet the needs of the Queensland community by reviewing areas of law in need of reform and making law reform recommendations.

These recommendations are based on extensive research and analysis, public consultation, and the principles of impartiality, equity and social justice.

QLRC reviews have included a range of technical legal, social justice and justice-related topics, including voluntary assisted dying, civil surveillance and privacy, termination of pregnancy, trusts law and guardianship laws.

The QLRC's recommendations are published in its final reports, which are presented to the Attorney-General for tabling in Parliament in accordance with the Act.

The QLRC has a full-time Chair and six part-time members (including a Deputy Chair).

The QLRC is supported by a departmental Secretariat comprising an Executive Director, a Director, a Communications Manager, and a number ofprincipal legal officers, senior legal officers, legal officers and administrative officers.

The QLRC is currently undertaking two reviews: a review of mining lease objections processes and a review of particular criminal defences under the Criminal Code (the criminal defences review).
Each review is undertaken by a dedicated review team within the Secretariat.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Job Ad Reference:
QLD/529365/23

Closing Date:
Thursday, 7th December 2023This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.