He moved that a bill be read for the second time. This bill if passed is to restore "true honesty and integrity into the Queensland parliament."
In 2006 'honesty' by members of parliament
was destroyed by the government when it used its numbers decriminalise the offence of
providing false evidence to parliament or its committees.
The need for codification of criminal offences concerning parliamentarians in the Australian Law Journal in 2008 where our very own namesake Sir Samuel Griffith was cited: "In terms of ‘best practice’ legislative drafting, the approach
of Sir Samuel Griffith in drafting the Criminal Code provisions to include parliamentary offences was almost a century ahead of its time."
Given the time constraints, Mr Langbroek seeked leave to have the remainder of his speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave was granted and he introduced amendments to the Criminal Code 1899 and Parliament of Queensland Act 2001.
The amendment to the Criminal Code will intro
duce the offence of providing false evidence to Parliament. This offence is a crime and carries a maximum 7 years imprisonment. The community should be able to expect that as members of this House who sit in parliament or before one of its committees they do so knowing that they will be required to tell the truth and be honest......GO FIGURE!
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