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Where to Report? Understanding Responsibilities

When it comes to hooning and road safety, different levels of government have different roles. Here’s what you need to know about who’s responsible for what.

Queensland Police Service (State Government)

Traffic Enforcement & Road Policing

Queensland Police are responsible for:

  • Investigating hooning reports and taking enforcement action
  • Issuing fines and penalties for traffic offences including speeding, dangerous driving, and street racing
  • Impounding vehicles under Queensland’s anti-hooning laws
  • Patrolling roads and responding to incidents
  • Prosecuting serious traffic offences through the courts
  • Operating speed cameras and other traffic enforcement technology

Anti-Hooning Laws in Queensland:

Under Queensland law, police can:

  • Impound vehicles for up to 90 days for serious hooning offences
  • Issue on-the-spot fines of up to $6,200
  • Suspend driver licences
  • Seize and permanently destroy vehicles in repeat or extreme cases

How to Report to Police Directly

Redland City Council (Local Government)

Road Infrastructure & Local Traffic Management

Council is responsible for:

  • Building and maintaining local roads (not state-controlled roads like Cleveland-Redland Bay Road)
  • Installing traffic calming measures like speed humps, roundabouts, and chicanes on local streets
  • Street lighting on local roads
  • Parking enforcement in council-controlled areas
  • Local area traffic management plans and studies
  • Pedestrian crossings and bike paths on local roads
  • Speed Limits on council-owned roads

How to Contact Council

  • If you have concerns about:

    • Road design or safety on local streets
    • Requests for speed humps or traffic calming
    • Street lighting issues
    • Dangerous intersections

    Contact Redland City Council:

Department of Transport and Main Roads (State Government)

State-Controlled Roads

The department is responsible for:

  • Building Major roads including Cleveland-Redland Bay Road and Finucane Road
  • Setting speed limits on state-controlled roads
  • Installing traffic lights on state-controlled roads
  • Road safety infrastructure like barriers, signage, and line marking on major roads
  • Planning and funding for major road upgrades

CCTV & Technology Enforcement

State Investment in Road Safety Technology

In July 2025, Amanda Stoker and the Crisafulli Government delivered $600,000 to the Redland City Council to install fixed CCTV cameras at the Raby Bay VMR carpark—a major hooning hotspot.
This is the first stage of a total $1.2 million investment, with a further $600,000 committed to rolling out technological solutions and CCTV across other parts of the Redlands.

These tools provide the police with:
  • Targeted surveillance in known hooning zones.
  • Number plate recognition to track repeat offenders.
  • High-quality evidence to ensure successful prosecutions.

Marine Hooning (Jetskis & Boats)

Maritime Safety Queensland (State Government)

If the hooning involves jetskis, boats, or other watercraft:

Maritime Safety Queensland is responsible for:

  • Enforcing marine traffic laws
  • Investigating dangerous or reckless operation of vessels
  • Issuing fines and suspending boat licences
  • Patrolling waterways

How to Report Marine Hooning:

  • Phone: 13 3 BOATING (13 32 628)
  • Or submit a report using this tool (we’ll forward it to the appropriate agency)

What Happens When You Report?

Your Report Goes To:

  1. Queensland Police Service for investigation and potential enforcement action
  2. The Member for Oodgeroo’s Office to monitor safety, to follow up enforcement if necessary, and to allocate resources

Police Response

Police assess each report based on:

  • Severity of the incident
  • Available evidence (description, location, time, vehicle details)
  • Patterns and trends in the area
  • Available resources and priorities

Not every report will result in immediate police action, but every report helps police:

    • Identify problem areas and times
    • Allocate patrol resources more effectively
    • Build evidence for targeted operations
    • Justify requests for additional enforcement resources

Building the Case for Action

Your reports collectively help demonstrate:

  • The scale of the hooning problem in Redlands
  • Where enforcement resources are most needed
  • The case for additional CCTV and technology
  • The need for targeted police operations

Working Together

Tackling hooning requires cooperation between:

  • Residents reporting what they see
  • Police investigating and taking enforcement action
  • Council managing local speed limits, improving road design, and installing traffic calming measures where appropriate.
  • State Government providing laws, funding, and technology
  • Your local Member advocating for resources and action

By reporting hooning incidents, you’re playing a vital role in making our community safer.

Queensland Police Service

Queensland Police Service (State Government)

Traffic Enforcement & Road Policing

Queensland Police are responsible for:

  • Investigating hooning reports and taking enforcement action
  • Issuing fines and penalties for traffic offences including speeding, dangerous driving, and street racing
  • Impounding vehicles under Queensland’s anti-hooning laws
  • Patrolling roads and responding to incidents
  • Prosecuting serious traffic offences through the courts
  • Operating speed cameras and other traffic enforcement technology

Anti-Hooning Laws in Queensland:

Under Queensland law, police can:

  • Impound vehicles for up to 90 days for serious hooning offences
  • Issue on-the-spot fines of up to $6,200
  • Suspend driver licences
  • Seize and permanently destroy vehicles in repeat or extreme cases

How to Report to Police Directly

  • Emergencies or incidents in progress: Call 000
  • Non-emergency reports: Call Policelink on 131 444
  • Online: Click this link to report to police directly
  • Or use this tool: Reports submitted here go directly to local police

Redland City Council (Local Government)

Road Infrastructure & Local Traffic Management

Council is responsible for:

  • Building and maintaining local roads (not state-controlled roads like the Cleveland-Redland Bay Road)
  • Installing traffic calming measures like speed humps, roundabouts, and chicanes on local streets
  • Street lighting on local roads
  • Parking enforcement in council-controlled areas
  • Local area traffic management plans and studies
  • Pedestrian crossings and bike paths on local roads

What Council CANNOT do:

Council does not have the power to:

  • Enforce traffic laws or issue speeding fines
  • Impound vehicles or suspend licences
  • Set speed limits on state-controlled roads
  • Install speed cameras
  • Conduct traffic stops or patrols

How to Contact Council

  • If you have concerns about:

    • Road design or safety on local streets
    • Requests for speed humps or traffic calming
    • Street lighting issues
    • Dangerous intersections

    Contact Redland City Council:

Department of Transport and Main Roads (State Government)

State-Controlled Roads

The department is responsible for:

  • Major roads including the Cleveland-Redland Bay Road, Finucane Road, and Wellington Street
  • Setting speed limits on state-controlled roads
  • Installing traffic lights on state-controlled roads
  • Road safety infrastructure like barriers, signage, and line marking on major roads
  • Planning and funding for major road upgrades

How to Contact The Department of Transport and Main Roads

CCTV & Technology Enforcement

State Investment in Road Safety Technology

The Queensland Government has committed $1,200,000 for CCTV and technological solutions to combat hooning and improve road safety in Redlands.

This funding enables:

  • Installation of CCTV cameras in known hooning hotspots
  • Number plate recognition technology to identify repeat offenders
  • Evidence gathering to support police prosecutions
  • Deterrence through visible enforcement technology

Member for Oodgeroo Amanda Stoker secured this funding to give police better tools to tackle the hooning problem in our community.

Marine Hooning (Jetskis & Boats)

Maritime Safety Queensland (State Government)

If the hooning involves jetskis, boats, or other watercraft:

Maritime Safety Queensland is responsible for:

  • Enforcing marine traffic laws
  • Investigating dangerous or reckless operation of vessels
  • Issuing fines and suspending boat licences
  • Patrolling waterways

How to Report Marine Hooning:

  • Phone: 13 3 BOATING (13 32 628)
  • Or submit a report using this tool (we’ll forward it to the appropriate agency)

What Happens When You Report?

Your Report Goes To:

  1. Queensland Police Service for investigation and potential enforcement action
  2. The Member for Oodgeroo’s Office to monitor community safety concerns and advocate for resources

Police Response

  • Police assess each report based on:

    • Severity of the incident
    • Available evidence (description, location, time, vehicle details)
    • Patterns and trends in the area
    • Available resources and priorities

    Not every report will result in immediate police action, but every report helps police:

    • Identify problem areas and times
    • Allocate patrol resources more effectively
    • Build evidence for targeted operations
    • Justify requests for additional enforcement resources

Building the Case for Action

Your reports collectively help demonstrate:

  • The scale of the hooning problem in Redlands
  • Where enforcement resources are most needed
  • The case for additional CCTV and technology
  • The need for targeted police operations

Working Together

Tackling hooning requires cooperation between:

  • Residents reporting what they see
  • Police investigating and taking enforcement action
  • Council improving road design where appropriate
  • State Government providing laws, funding, and technology
  • Your local Member advocating for resources and action

By reporting hooning incidents, you’re playing a vital role in making our community safer.