The Queensland Parliamentary Legal Affairs and Safety Committee is seeking feedback from secondary school leadership teams on the nature and extent of hate crimes and serious vilification in Queensland.

This feedback will assist the Committee’s review into the matter before they report to Parliament by 31 January 2022. The review will consider whether there is evidence of increasing instances of serious vilification in Queensland and the effectiveness of section 131A of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (the Act) and other existing Queensland laws responding to hate crimes.

Catholic School Authorities are reminded to encourage secondary school leadership teams to make submissions no later than 12 noon on 12 July, 2021.

More information about the inquiry and how to make a submission can be found here.