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The RACQ recently released a list of the most commonly broken Queensland Road Rules. Some of these are rules that drivers may not be aware of. Some of them are rules that people know but break anyway. Being mindful of the Queensland road rules when you’re driving not only keeps the roads safe but can also…

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…