#NOBAIL for violent offenders in Queensland

The issue

The Queensland government needs to review and change the way Magistrates grant bail applications to violent offenders.

Today 3 Children's lives have been destroyed and a Mother of 4 killed. The man who killed her (her estranged husband) in a murder-suicide at Pimpama QLD was released on bail a fortnight ago on serious domestic violence charges, which include choking, assault occasioning bodily harm, deprivation of liberty and common assault.

This could have been avoided if the perpetrator had remained in custody, either in jail or in a facility for those with a mental illness.

This is the latest of many examples that Queensland has seen in recent times of bail being granted to dangerous and violent people. As Queenslanders, we should feel safe on our streets, in our homes and we should have faith in our legal system. However, when violent and dangerous people are being granted bail, we are clearly not safe and our legal system is failing all of us!

We want:

  1. A full review into the Queensland bail process
  2. Changes to the law to ensure violent offenders in Queensland are not given bail prior to their day in court.
  3. Place stricter bail conditions for offenders of violence crimes including but not limited to Domestic Violence, Alcohol related Violence, Physical violence, Sexual violence and Violence against Children

Please sign and share so those in government make the appropriate changes to the law to ensure violent offenders in Queensland are not given bail prior to their day in court. You can help save a life!

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Rebekah Stokes and Anne StokesPetition starter
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The issue

The Queensland government needs to review and change the way Magistrates grant bail applications to violent offenders.

Today 3 Children's lives have been destroyed and a Mother of 4 killed. The man who killed her (her estranged husband) in a murder-suicide at Pimpama QLD was released on bail a fortnight ago on serious domestic violence charges, which include choking, assault occasioning bodily harm, deprivation of liberty and common assault.

This could have been avoided if the perpetrator had remained in custody, either in jail or in a facility for those with a mental illness.

This is the latest of many examples that Queensland has seen in recent times of bail being granted to dangerous and violent people. As Queenslanders, we should feel safe on our streets, in our homes and we should have faith in our legal system. However, when violent and dangerous people are being granted bail, we are clearly not safe and our legal system is failing all of us!

We want:

  1. A full review into the Queensland bail process
  2. Changes to the law to ensure violent offenders in Queensland are not given bail prior to their day in court.
  3. Place stricter bail conditions for offenders of violence crimes including but not limited to Domestic Violence, Alcohol related Violence, Physical violence, Sexual violence and Violence against Children

Please sign and share so those in government make the appropriate changes to the law to ensure violent offenders in Queensland are not given bail prior to their day in court. You can help save a life!

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Rebekah Stokes and Anne StokesPetition starter
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The Decision Makers

Tim Nicholls
Tim Nicholls
QLD Opposition Leader
Responded
“Dear Rebekah and fellow petition signers, As a husband, a parent, a Queenslander, I was absolutely shocked and sickened by what happened to Teresa Bradford. For the Premier and Attorney-General to say they ‘may’ do something … quite frankly, is the kind of gutless leadership we have become used to from this Labor Government. We don't need another review to tell us the system has failed yet another victim. We know what this Government does when they review. They hold reports back, let them gather dust in George St and, worst of all, they never act. So if they won’t do what they’re paid to do, and lead, we will. We will be introducing a Private Members Bill in the first week of Parliament. We will reverse the onus of proof for bail in domestic violence-related crimes such as assault, grievous bodily harm, deprivation of liberty, strangulation and kidnapping. This is the first part of a multi-pronged approach and, over the next few weeks, after consulting with stakeholders we will announce a number of other measures to toughen our bail, parole and youth justice systems. It’s been two years after the Not Now Not Ever report made 140 recommendations and, as of today, only 46 have been implemented. That is simply not good enough from an inexperienced, do-nothing Labor Government. What we are proposing is a sensible reform that will rebalance the scales of justice in favour of community safety. With more than 22,000 DV protection orders now flooding the courts each year we can’t afford not to have the strongest bail laws to protect victims.”
Annastacia Palaszczuk
Annastacia Palaszczuk
Premier of Queensland
Yvette D'Ath
Yvette D'Ath
Attorney-General of Queensland

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Petition created on 30 January 2017