Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this section, a person shall not publish, or cause to be published, in a newspaper or periodical, or by means of broadcasting or television, in relation to--
(a) an application under this Act (whether to the chief executive or to any court or the tribunal) or an expression of interest in being assessed as suitable to be a prospective adopter; or
(b) an application under a law of another State or of a Territory of the Commonwealth for the adoption of a child or for the discharge of an order for the adoption of a child; or
(c) the proceedings relating to an application or an expression of interest mentioned in paragraph (a), or an application mentioned in paragraph (b);
the name of the applicant, the person who expressed interest in being assessed as suitable to be a prospective adopter, the child, the father or mother or a guardian of the child, or, where applicable, the name of an adopter of the child, or any matter reasonably likely to enable any of those persons to be identified.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the publication of any matter with the authority of the court or tribunal to which the application was made.