Timeline
 | 4 May 2021: The Attorney-General formally requests the Commission to undertake a review of the Act |
 | July 2021: Our Reference Group is established |
 | July – September 2021: We conduct initial consultations |
 | August 2021: Submissions open |
 | November 2021: We’ll publish our discussion paper |
| November 2021 – February 2022: We hold consultations |
| 1 March 2022: Submissions close |
 | 30 July 2022: We present our report to the Attorney-General |
4 May 2021: The Attorney-General formally requests the Commission to undertake a review of the Act
The Attorney-General asked the Commission to review the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 and consider whether changes are needed to make sure it protects and promotes equality and non-discrimination to the greatest extent possible.
July 2021: Our Reference Group is established
The Reference Group was an advisory body made up of stakeholder representatives. Their role was to provide guidance on how we conducted the review, to ensure the views of stakeholders were properly understood, and to help us engage and consult with communities.
July – September 2021: We conduct initial consultations
An initial series of one on one consultations with stakeholder organisations, businesses and other entities were conducted early in the review, to help identify the key issues we should consider.
August 2021: Submissions open
The public submission process provided the opportunity for people to share their experiences, views and ideas about how to improve Queensland’s discrimination law. Anyone was able to make a submission and there were multiple possible formats, including the Have Your Say survey, written submissions, audio or video content, image or artwork.
November 2021: We’ll publish our discussion paper
Following our initial consultations and research, we published a discussion paper to provide a background and overview of discrimination laws, and the key issues we identified through our initial consultation and research.
It then asked a series of questions on particular issues and areas for reform, to provide guidance to organisations, entities and businesses on the topics we were seeking evidence about.
Submissions in response to the discussion paper are available to read on the submissions page, where we were given consent to publish.
November 2021 – February 2022: We hold further consultations
In November and December we conducted a series of community conversations in:
- Rockhampton
- Townsville
- Cairns
- Yarrabah
From November to February, we also held roundtables and smaller consultations.
1 March 2022: Submissions close
All submissions, including responses to our discussion paper, closed in March. Some extensions were sought and granted to people and organisations affected by COVID and by flooding in southeast Queensland in February.
30 July 2022: We present our report to the Attorney-General
The Commission provided the final report and recommendations to government about potential changes to the law on 29 July 2022.
Our recommendations are based on the information and analysis we have conducted during the review, including through submissions, responses to the discussion paper, research, and our consultations.
The report will be published on our website after it is tabled in state parliament.
*On 30 March the Attorney General granted a request for a four-week extension of time for provision of the final report, to accommodate requests for extensions to the submission deadline from organisations and people affected by COVID and by flooding in southeast Queensland in February. The final report is now due on 30 July 2022.
