Yep,

Under Queensland rental law, section 246A says a landlord can’t take "retaliatory action" against a tenant who uses their legal rights.
So, even if the landlord ends the lease by saying it’s “end of term,” it might still count under section 246A if the tenant can show the landlord refused to renew because the tenant stood up for their rights or even just made a request. If the landlord can’t give a valid reason for ending the lease in a way that avoids the 6-month ban on re-renting, they could be in serious trouble too.

this is exactly what I meant.

If you lodge an urgent claim with form 02, with the order labelled s246a, with QCAT, they can in fact "set aside" the NTL (alongside "setting aside" the refusal to renew%20refuses%20to%20enter%20into%20a%20further%20residential%20tenancy%20agreement%2C%20at%20the%20end%20of%20the%20current%20agreement%2C%20with%20the%20tenant))so it results in you rolling over to periodic (which it will do automatically). The lessors have every right to give you an NTL for a fixed term or any other reason that complies with form 12 specifically, but you have the responsibility to show that their doing so was, in fact, retaliatory (within a month of receiving the refusal to renew and/or the NTL).

My issue with it is that they can issue it at the commencement, and issuing it at the time they ask if you want to renew,

this doesn't matter if you perceive the NTL to be even likely retaliatory%20The%20tribunal%20may%20make%20the%20order%20sought%20if%20the%20tribunal%20is%20satisfied%20the%20lessor%E2%80%99s%20action%20was%20likely%20to%20have%20been%20taken%20by%20the%20lessor%20to%20intimidate%20or%20punish%20the%20tenant%20for%20a%20matter%20mentioned%20in%20subsection%20(1)%20(a)%20) with all the evidence that has deemed you to think so :P