Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A coroner may, whenever appropriate, comment on anything connected with a death investigated at an inquest that relates to--
(a) public health or safety; or
(b) the administration of justice; or
(c) ways to prevent deaths from happening in similar circumstances in the future.
(2) The coroner must give a written copy of the comments to--
(a) a family member of the deceased person who has indicated that he or she will accept the document for the deceased person's family; and
(b) any person who, as a person with a sufficient interest in the inquest, appeared at the inquest; and
(c) if the coroner is not the State Coroner--the State Coroner; and
(d) if a government entity deals with the matters to which the comment relates--
(i) the Minister administering the entity; and
(ii) the chief executive officer of the entity; and
(e) if the comments relate to the death of a child--the children's commissioner.
(3) The coroner must not include in the comments any statement that a person is, or may be--
(a) guilty of an offence; or
(b) civilly liable for something.