Under this bill, our Constitution will now begin as follows-- The people of Queensland, free and equal citizens of Australia; • intend through this Constitution, to foster the peace, welfare and good government of Queensland; • adopt the principle of the sovereignty of the people, under the rule of law, and the system of representative and responsible government, prescribed by this Constitution; •. [...] In forming this section of the preamble text, the Law, Justice and Safety Committee of the parliament consulted with the people of Queensland and, in particular, with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Advisory Council. [...] Over the last 11 months, the Law, Justice and Safety Committee and its predecessor, the Legal, Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee, have listened to the views of Queenslanders about what should be in their preamble. [...] The words proposed by the committee ʻsubject to no law or authority but that sanctioned by this Constitution and the Constitution of Australiaʼ have been removed from the introductory line, and the final point in the preamble ʻresolve on this the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Queenslandʼ has been replaced with ʻin this the 150th anniversary year of the establishment of Queenslandʼ. [...] I inform the House that the government, on the basis of that advice, has included a clause which will exempt the use of the preamble as an aid for interpreting the Constitution or any other Queensland law.
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