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Bill · 2 December 2025

Working with vulnerable people (background checking) amendment bill 2025

In short

Proposed
Suzanne Orr brought this bill on 2 December 2025.
Changed
No changes were proposed.
Decided
Agreed. No individual votes were recorded, so this doesn't show who supported it.
  1. What was proposedSuzanne OrrLabor · Minister
    Original wording

    for an Act to amend the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 and the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Regulation 2012. Paper: Ms Orr presented the following paper: Explanatory statement to the Bill, incorporating a compatibility statement, pursuant to section 37 of the Human Rights Act 2004. Title read by Clerk.

  2. What the Assembly decidedAgreed

    Decided on the voices: no individual votes were recorded, so this doesn’t show that every MLA agreed.

Check the official record

  • Minutes of Proceedings No 41, 2 December 2025, item 20
  • Minutes of Proceedings No 43, 4 December 2025, item 22

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