The state's lower house has passed new laws to make it harder for a person to escape a conviction of manslaughter for a one-punch attack that causes death.
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A new provision in the Criminal Code has specified that a court cannot treat the self-induced intoxication of the offender as a mitigating factor during sentencing.
The provision of the eggshell-skull principle has been added to the code which will ensure that someone cannot escape criminal responsibility due to the fact that their victim had a defect, weakness or abnormality.
Attorney-General Elise Archer in Parliament on Thursday said the reform closed a loophole whereby a person could avoid a conviction for manslaughter if they successfully argued death caused in an attack was an accident.
"Our reforms will send a strong message that senseless and cowardly acts of violence will not be tolerated," she said.
Labor's justice spokeswoman Ella Haddad said new one-punch offences introduced in other jurisdictions were under review.
Ms Haddad said Labor supported the government's cautious approach to one-punch attacks.
"States that have moved to create new offences, I believe, have not taken the right approach," she said.
The Greens opposed the government's bill.
Greens justice spokeswoman Rosalie Woodruff said the bill needed to go further and tighten up requirements on liquor licensing and supply of alcohol late at night.
She said the likelihood of violence increased as people drank late into the night.