Eighteen-year-old Heather allegedly struck Moree man Trevor Duroux in the head outside the Coolangatta Hotel on December 4.

Mr Duroux spent 10 days in an induced coma fighting for his life before he passed away. Heather is charged with unlawfully striking causing death.

Defence lawyer Dave Garrett said an application for bail would be put forward when the case returned to Southport Court on March 9.

He told the court the brief of evidence could not be completed until Mr Duroux’s autopsy results were available.

Trevor’s family are still reeling from their loss and have joined the campaign to change Queensland’s lockout laws.

Mr Duroux’s sister, Lavinia, said proposed lockout laws did not go far enough.

“I think it needs to be even earlier (than 1am),” she said.

“People coming out of clubs at one or two in the morning have already had a big night and that’s when you get trouble.

“At midnight people are still in their right mind enough to make a sensible decision and say: ‘you know what, I’ve had a good night and it’s time to go home’.”

Ms Duroux said the last two months had been hell for the family.

“Ridiculously hard – nobody should have to go through this… no one.

“This has to stop, enough’s enough. It doesn’t just hurt one person, it hurts a whole family and a whole community,” Lavinia said.

Trevor’s former partner, Joanne Campbell, had little sympathy for one-punch attackers.

“Send them away and don’t let them out. They take a life, they deserve to do life,” she said.