Queensland Law Society represents over 11,000 solicitors across the state and is the peak professional membership body for solicitors. We advocate for good law and support good lawyers in Queensland.
On behalf of the Queensland legal profession, Queensland Law Society is calling on Queensland’s political parties in 2017 to consider and respond to the following priority issues identified by our members.
Issues identified in the Statement include:
- Making justice more accessible
- Resourcing federal courts, tribunals and commissions
- Preserving the integrity of our justice system
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
- Fairly resolve family law disputes
- Addressing violence against women and their children
- Addressing gender inequality and unsafe workplaces
- Protecting children
- Sustainability, climate and disaster response
- Implementing measures to combat elder abuse
- Removing criminal law barriers to access legislated voluntary assisted dying schemes
- Protecting consumers
- Providing certainty and security for workers and employers
- Ensuring compensation schemes are efficient and effective
- Engaging the not-for-profit sector
- Preserving privacy
- Migration
- Commonwealth reform processes