BRISBANE, Queensland, June 3 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement:
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity
The Honourable Deb Frecklington
Crisafulli Government to deliver history-making reform of criminal procedure laws
* The Crisafulli Government will implement a new Criminal Procedure (Magistrates Court) Bill to replace the Justices Act 1886.
* Work willcommence to develop new legislation that modernises Magistrates Court criminal procedures.
* The new Bill will also help theCrisafulli Government deliver faster access to justice for victims of crime.
The Crisafulli Government will deliver new criminal procedure legislation for the State's Magistrates Courts, announcing one o...