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MP ATTORNEY GENERAL
with The Hon. Yvette D’Ath
A YEAR OF PROMISE
QHA REVIEW | 42
Happy New Year to all QHA members and staff. I hope
you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year period.
Following the state election, I was honoured to be
appointed to a second term as Attorney-General and
Minister for Justice. I look forward to working with the
Queensland Hotels Association and all hoteliers to
promote our state and its hospitality industry.
This year promises to be one of the most momentous
in Queensland’s history with the Gold Coast
Commonwealth Games to be held from 4 –15 April.
The Games will feature 18 sports and 7 parasports
events at 17 competition venues at the Gold
Coast, Brisbane, Townsville and Cairns, and attract
6,600 athletes and team officials from 70 nations
and territories. With more than 1.2 million ticketed
spectators and a cumulative television audience of 1.5
billion, there has never been a more exciting time to
showcase our great state.
I am sure that our award-winning hospitality and hotel
sector will play an important part in making the 2018
Commonwealth Games a memorable experience for
all participants.
Coming up later this year will be the results of an
independent review of the Tackling Alcohol Fuelled-
Violence policy. The research findings from this project
will help the government develop evidence-based
policies to minimise harm from the misuse and abuse
of alcohol in Queensland. We will also see further
work being done at a state and national level around
consumer protection and harm minimisation in different
forms of gambling.
I wish QHA members and staff a safe and
successful 2018.