VIDEO of G20-related court cases, in particular those of protesters, will be streamed live via the internet 24/7 in the week leading up to the summit.

Queensland Chief Magistrate Ray Rinaudo said yesterday he had taken the extraordinary measure of authorising the broadcast of hearings live on the internet to ensure the public’s right to expect absolute transparency of its courts.

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Judge Rinaudo said three courts of the George St magistrates court complex would be staffed during the G20 by a rolling roster of magistrates.

“I’ve arranged for live streaming of all court proceedings to ensure the courts are open to everyone,’’ he said.

“I’ve done it to ensure that justice is not only being done, but it is being seen to be done.’’

During the event from November 10 to 17, the Roma St Magistrates Court will operate as normal and process offenders for non-G20 offences.

The George St Magistates Court would only handle G20-related arrests in three courts.

All courts will be closed to the public during the G20 long weekend with the public only able to view proceedings on the internet.

“There has been a lot of planning gone into this and we’ve felt this is the best way to guarantee the safety of everyone,’’ Judge Rinaudo said.

“We’ve planned for the worst, but we are hoping for the best.”

Judge Rinaudo said anyone caught misbehaving could be issued with “exclusion notices’’ by police, preventing them from returning to secure zones until after the summit.

Anyone who breached an exclusion notice could be charged and required to front the courts.

He said anyone arrested for more serious matters would be housed in cells in the QEII Courts of Law complex, where up to 170 people can be held, and appear in the George St courts via videolink.

All magistrates assigned to work in the courts will be rostered on during the summit, even Judge Rinaudo.

“I’ve got a couple of midnight-to-dawn shifts myself,’’ he said. A link to view the live streaming of the G20 court hearings is expected to be published close to the summit.

Businesses to dodge the G20 storm

TWO-thirds of businesses in and around Brisbane’s CBD – where G20 restrictions and protests are expected to hit hard – plan to deploy staff off-site rather than risk violence and disruption. That’s one of the key findings of a new G20 survey that even senior police describe as “concerning”.

The G20 Summit Business Resilience Report targeted 47 companies involved in aviation, construction, education, financial, healthcare and hospitality – 10 with a turnover of more than $1 billion – likely to be impacted by G20 security “no-go zones”, street closures and possible unrest.

G20 restrictions and street closures kick in from today when the summit’s venue, South Bank’s Convention and Exhibition Centre, officially becomes a “restricted zone”.

Businesses were asked how long it would take for them to be “adversely impacted” by G20 restrictions.

More than half – 53 per cent – confirmed they would be hit hard if CBD access was denied for “one day or less”, while 25 per cent said impacts would be felt for “two to five days”.

The businesses were also questioned about what “disruption mitigation” measures they were taking and “staff to work remotely” was the preferred option of 67 per cent. Forty-seven per cent would let staff take leave and 33 per cent diverting business to other sites.

A quarter said they had “no plans”, which G20 operational commander Assistant Commissioner Katarina Carroll said was “concerning”. “Our engagement is about making businesses and people aware that there are going to be impacts and actually plan for it,” she said.