ADCQ Annual Report 2004–05
Report from the regions — Northern Queensland
Community relations
The issue of 'move on' powers for the Queensland Police Service has been an ongoing discussion point, and
during the year, the Minister for Police and Corrective Services approved eight new notification areas declared
under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000. The Commission had opposed the
proposal on the grounds that the majority of the areas were chosen because Indigenous
people met there, and that sufficient powers existed to deal with unlawful behaviour in public.
The Commissioner Susan Booth and other staff also visited Palm Island during the year
to consult with the community.
Training and education
Training session numbers have been reduced this year with the focus on complaint handling.
Eighteen sessions were presented and $12,200 was raised.
Complaint handling
A total of 151 grounds of complaint were accepted in 2004-05, compared with 112 last year, an
increase of more than 30%.
Sexual harassment, impairment and sex discrimination were again the main types of complaint.
Victimisation complaints doubled this year, from 6 to 12, following legislative changes that
broaden the scope for lodgement of such complaints.
Work was again the main area of complaint, comprising more than 50% of accepted
matters, while goods and services accounted for more than 10%.
Northern Queensland — Main grounds of accepted complaints
Table of grounds of accepted complaints Northern Queensland
| |
2004-05 |
% |
2003-04 |
% |
| Sexual harassment |
30 |
19.8 |
13 |
11.6 |
| Impairment |
29 |
19.2 |
17 |
15.2 |
| Sex |
25 |
16.5 |
17 |
15.2 |
| Victimisation |
12 |
7.9 |
6 |
5.4 |
| Race |
10 |
6.6 |
10 |
8.9 |
| Pregnancy |
10 |
6.6 |
15 |
13.4 |
151 grounds
accepted in 2004-05
112 grounds accepted in 2003-04 |
Far North
Queensland
Central Queensland
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