Safe Night Out Legislation Articles

You will have noticed the Queensland Government’s recent television awareness campaign “We’re red carding anti-social behaviour”. This advertising campaign is part of the Queensland Government’s new initiatives to ensure that Queensland’s nightlife is safe for all. These initiatives include changes to the criminal law in Queensland with the Queensland Parliament recently passing the Safe Night…

The Safe Night Out Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 was passed recently by the Queensland State Parliament and it upgrades steroids to a dangerous drug alongside the likes of heroin and cocaine. Steroids have been implicated in the increase of unprovoked violent behaviour towards others and the so-called “coward-punch epidemic”, which consists of random assaults on…

The Queensland Government’s Safe Night Out Scheme has introduced new laws to target those who ‘kinghit’ another by imposing a tough legislative regime with lengthy penalties. Clause 14 of the Safe Night Out Legislation Amendment Act 2014 amends the Criminal Code and creates a new offence, unlawful striking causing death. The new offence located in…