Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A coroner, either before, during or immediately after the holding of an inquest, may make an order prohibiting the publication of information relating to, or arising at, an inquest.
Examples--
A coroner may prohibit the publication of information that--
(a) indicates a deceased person's death was, or may possibly have been, self-inflicted; or
(b) would tend to incriminate a witness.
(2) A person must not contravene an order under subsection (1).
Maximum penalty--150 penalty units.
(3) A person must not publish, or allow someone else to publish--
(a) a question disallowed by the Coroners Court at an inquest; or
(b) an answer given to a question disallowed by the Coroners Court at an inquest.
Maximum penalty--150 penalty units.
(4) The coroner, by order, may prohibit a person--
(a) immediately before, during or immediately after the holding of an inquest, from filming, photographing, sketching or recording anything--
(i) in the room or other place in which the inquest is about to be, is being or has been held; or
(ii) in a room or other place set aside by a coroner for a purpose connected with the holding of the inquest; or
(iii) in an entrance or passageway leading to or from a room or place mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii); or
(b) publishing a film, photograph, sketch or record taken contrary to an order made under paragraph (a).
(5) A person must comply with the order, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty--150 penalty units.
(6) The Coroners Court may make an order prohibiting--
(a) the issue of the whole or part of a copy of the record made under the Recording of Evidence Act 1962; or
(b) the publication of the whole or part of a copy of the record made under that Act.
(7) A person must comply with the order, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty--150 penalty units.
(8) In this section--
publish includes publish on radio, television or the internet.
record includes make an audio recording.