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Qld Legal Services Commission

No media release is about a practising lawyer

On 26 October 2026 the Commission's news page carried ten media releases, from March 2023 to September 2026. One launched the sexual harassment reporting tool. The other nine are about unlawful operators: people practising law without being entitled to, including an Airtasker operator who was...

On 26 October 2026 the Commission's news page carried ten media releases, from March 2023 to September 2026. One launched the sexual harassment reporting tool. The other nine are about unlawful operators: people practising law without being entitled to, including an Airtasker operator who was jailed in 2023 and a Gladstone man fined $20,000 in 2025. Two of the people concerned had been admitted as lawyers: one held no practising certificate and the other had been struck off.

None is about a practising lawyer. In 2024-25 QCAT removed five lawyers from the roll on the Commissioner's applications, and the decisions and register entries are public. The releases publicise prosecutions of people outside the profession. None covers a case against a member of it.

Sources: lsc.qld.gov.au, Our news, read 26 October 2026; media releases LSC v Paul Crowley (21 April 2023), LSC v Arulogun (12 October 2023), LSC v Kerr (7 November 2024) and LSC v Raghoobar (21 October 2025); LSC Annual Report 2024-25, p 37.