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In February 2019, the Queensland government passed legislation criminalising the publication of ‘revenge porn.’ The Criminal Code (Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Amendment Act 2018 amends the Criminal Code, creating three revenge porn offences consisting of the publication, without a person’s consent, of intimate images or videos of the person, or making a threat to…

Animal cruelty is prohibited in Queensland under the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001. The act imposes a legal duty of care on people keeping animals. Complaints about breaches of the act can be investigated by the RSPCA, the Queensland Police or Biosecurity Queensland. The act sets out a number of offences relating to cruelty…

When you are living in an urban area, you are likely to have neighbours in close proximity to you and you may be affected by their actions or inactions. Neighbourhood disputes commonly arise in relation to trees, shared fences or animals. While disputes about trees and fences are governed by the Neighbourhood Disputes (Fences and…

In Queensland, provocation can be used as a full defence to assault charges and as a partial defence to a murder charge. The defence of provocation is codified in sections 268 and 269 of the Criminal Code Act 1899. In recent years, Queensland has debated whether the defence of provocation remains appropriate in modern society…