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<leghistory id="act-2025-032" type="act" title="Defamation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2025" project.no="B25_0038" version.series.id="aa391f2f-eccf-4866-ba4b-b964748d3ba5" version.desc.id="55d87027-18bf-4452-80f1-707164c6bbb3" act.type="publicgeneral"><legislationlist><actentry bill.project.no="B25_0038" type="act.original" doc.id="act-2025-032" introduction.date="2025-10-14" assent.date="2025-12-19"><legref valid.date="as.made" target.doc.id="act-2025-032" type="act" target.version.series="aa391f2f-eccf-4866-ba4b-b964748d3ba5" jurisd="QLD" check="unknown"><name emphasis="yes">Defamation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2025</name></legref><commencements><commencement guid="_6e029f73-9f69-4022-a8be-888e82489885" commence.date="2025-12-19" type="commence"><txt break.before="1"><legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="pt.1" target.doc.id="act-2025-032" target.version.series="aa391f2f-eccf-4866-ba4b-b964748d3ba5" check="invalid">pt&#160;1</legref> comm on date of assent</txt></commencement><commencement guid="_238f609b-879b-41e0-903b-877de9e11b37" commence.date="2025-12-26" type="commence"><txt break.before="1"><legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="pt.2" target.doc.id="act-2025-032" target.version.series="aa391f2f-eccf-4866-ba4b-b964748d3ba5" check="invalid">pts&#160;2</legref>–<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="pt.4" target.doc.id="act-2025-032" target.version.series="aa391f2f-eccf-4866-ba4b-b964748d3ba5" check="invalid">4</legref> comm 26 December 2025 (see <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.2" target.doc.id="act-2025-032" target.version.series="aa391f2f-eccf-4866-ba4b-b964748d3ba5" check="invalid">s&#160;2</legref>)</txt><txt break.before="1">rep 27 December 2025 (see AIA <legref check="invalid" refid="sec.22C" target.version.series="aa391f2f-eccf-4866-ba4b-b964748d3ba5" target.doc.id="act-2025-032" type="act" jurisd="QLD">s&#160;22C</legref>)</txt></commencement></commencements></actentry></legislationlist><creationhistory project.no="B25_0038" title="Defamation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025"><evententry name="Introduced" event.date="2025-10-14"><associateddoc print.type="bill.first" target.doc.id="bill-2025-038" target.version.series="aa391f2f-eccf-4866-ba4b-b964748d3ba5">Bill (Introduction)</associateddoc><associateddoc print.type="bill.first.exp" target.doc.id="bill-2025-038" target.version.series="aa391f2f-eccf-4866-ba4b-b964748d3ba5">Explanatory Note</associateddoc><associateddoc print.type="bill.first.hrc" target.doc.id="bill-2025-038" target.version.series="aa391f2f-eccf-4866-ba4b-b964748d3ba5">Human Rights Statement of Compatibility</associateddoc></evententry><evententry name="Indicative Reprint" event.date="2025-10-20"><associateddoc print.type="speciallabel" target.doc.id="bill-2025-038" special.label="act-2005-055" target.version.series="aa391f2f-eccf-4866-ba4b-b964748d3ba5">                    Defamation Act 2005 (as amended by the Defamation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025)
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