Prisoners convicted of murder or manslaughter will need to identify the location of their victim's body before being eligible for parole under sweeping changes announced to the Queensland parole system.

The "no body, no parole" legislation is aimed at forcing offenders to cooperate with authorities.

In releasing the report by former solicitor-general Walter Sofronoff that has 91 recommendations, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the Government agreed with the findings that "withholding the location of a body extends the suffering of victim's families and all efforts should be made to attempt to minimise this sorrow".

"We have accepted the recommendation to empower the parole board to not release the prisoner on parole if the prisoner had not cooperated in the investigation," she said.

The key points of the legislation to be introduced today will see:

An extra 243 probation and parole officers over the next four years

An extra 243 probation and parole officers over the next four years $265 million over six years for expanded drug and rehabilitation services, substance addiction therapies, and extra probation and parole officers

$265 million over six years for expanded drug and rehabilitation services, substance addiction therapies, and extra probation and parole officers Abolishing separate parole boards and implementing one state-wide board with Michael Byrne QC as president

"This is the most sweeping reform to the parole system that Queensland has ever seen," Ms Palaszczuk said.

High-risk parolees would also be forced to wear GPS trackers and a single parole board would be introduced in what the Queensland Government describes as the biggest overhaul of the correctional system in a century.

Of the 91 recommendations in the report, 89 have been accepted by the Government,

But the State Government rejected a parole review recommendation to give judges more discretion.

Judges would still have to apply mandatory non-parole periods and the Government also said it would not review restrictions on murderers going to low-security prisons.

Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath said fixed sentences would remain.

"We have, as a government, looked at a range of issues including serious and organised crime, obviously domestic and family violence offences, child exploitation, to ensure that we set the right parameters when it comes to sentencing," she said.

First system reform in 80 years

Mr Sofronoff said the overhaul he recommended would not guarantee the safety of the community, but the sweeping changes would increase the probability that parolees would not reoffend.

He said it was the first time the system had been fundamentally reformed in 80 years.

"What we do in all of these kinds of cases as a community is to try and put place people who can do jobs that can increase the probability of safety," he said.

Mr Sofronoff said corrective services officers had sometimes been asked to interview prisoners and advise on parole.

"Some of them are drafted in without having read anything because 'it's your turn, you're on at 10 o'clock' and so they come and do their best," he said.

"It's not fair to them, it's not fair to the prisoners, but mostly it's not fair to the community."

Mr Sofronoff said he was not criticising previous boards.

"It used to be good enough, but it's not good enough today for reasons that I've explained in the report," he said.

"I don't mean that in a demeaning way — I just mean that they're not people selected to do a full-time job as professionals."

Meanwhile, the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties (QCCL) welcomed some of the changes to Queensland's parole system.

QCCl vice president Terry O'Gorman praised the establishment of an independent Inspectorate of prisons, but not the 'no body, no parole' law.

"Simplistic solutions don't work," he said.

"The reality is, if there was a 'no body, no parole' law in the Northern Territory when Lindy Chamberlain was convicted, she would never have got out of jail."

Townsville grandmother's killing triggered review

The review of the system was triggered after Elizabeth Kippin, 81, was stabbed to death in her Townsville home last year, allegedly by a man who had been recently released on parole.

Elizabeth Kippin was allegedly murdered by a man out on parole. ( Supplied: David Kippin )

Ms Kippen's family said they were happy with the overhaul of Queensland's parole system.

Her nephew David Kippen praised the Government for working closely with the family.

"We do optimistically view the outcomes of the report as something that will be positive for the community in Queensland, and particularly the community of Townsville, that we'll have a better system out of this than we had before," he said.

"[We were] simply saying, as a result of what happened, is there a better of way of doing this to negate a similar circumstance again?

"That's all we sought and we're happy we think that's sort of happening out of this review."

The changes will be rolled out over the next four years.