Level 37 1 William St Brisbane GPO Box 48 Brisbane Queensland 4000 Australia

Website health.qld.gov.au Email DG Correspondence@health.qld.gov.au ABN 66 329 169 412

Enquiries to: Kirsten Slape Manager Legislative Policy Unit

Telephone: Our ref: C-ECTF-24/15049, CAPS3211 Your ref: A1345919

Mr Aaron Harper MP Chair Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee Parliament House George Street BRISBANE QLD 4000

Email: HEAC@parliament.qld.gov.au

Dear Mr Harper

Thank you for your letter dated 13 September 2024, regarding the Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee’s inquiry into the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024.

As requested, please find enclosed a written briefing to assist the Committee’s examination of the Bill.

The Department’s contact for the Committee’s inquiry will be Ms Kirsten Slape, Manager, Legislative Policy Unit. Ms Slape can be contacted on or

I note that the Committee will be dissolved from 1 October 2024 and that no public briefing has been scheduled at this stage. However, for reference to the Committee’s successor committee, Ms Slape (above) and Mr Karson Mahler, Director, Legislative Policy Unit, will be available to brief on the Bill. Mr Mahler can be contacted on or

Queensland Health appreciates the opportunity to brief the Committee on the legislation and looks forward to assisting the Committee.

Yours sincerely

Michael Walsh Director-General

Encl.

23/09/2024