Criminal Code Act 1995

A person (the first person) commits an offence if:

the first person engages in conduct; and

the first person’s conduct causes harm to a public official; and

the first person intends that his or her conduct cause harm to the official; and

the harm is caused without the consent of the official; and

the first person engages in his or her conduct because of:

the official’s status as a public official; or

any conduct engaged in by the official in the official’s capacity as a public official; and

the public official is a Commonwealth public official; and

if subparagraph (e)(i) applies—the status mentioned in that subparagraph was status as a Commonwealth public official; and

if subparagraph (e)(ii) applies—the conduct mentioned in that subparagraph was engaged in by the official in the official’s capacity as a Commonwealth public official.

if the official is a Commonwealth judicial officer, a Commonwealth law enforcement officer or a Commonwealth frontline worker—imprisonment for 13 years; or

in any other case—imprisonment for 10 years.

Absolute liability applies to the paragraphs (1)(ea), (eb) and (ec) elements of the offence.

If:

a person is charged with an offence against subsection (1); and

the public official concerned is a Commonwealth judicial officer, a Commonwealth law enforcement officer or a Commonwealth frontline worker;

If a court of summary jurisdiction convicts a person of an offence against subsection (1) in accordance with subsection (1B), the penalty that the court may impose is a sentence of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding 120 penalty units, or both.

A person (the first person) commits an offence if:

the first person engages in conduct; and

the first person’s conduct causes harm to another person; and

the other person is a former Governor‑General, a former Minister or a former Parliamentary Secretary; and

the first person intends that his or her conduct cause harm to the other person; and

the harm is caused without the consent of the other person; and

the first person engages in his or her conduct because of:

the other person’s status as a former Governor‑General, former Minister or former Parliamentary Secretary; or

any conduct engaged in by the other person in the other person’s former capacity as a Governor‑General, Minister or Parliamentary Secretary.