WA Abolition of the Trustees of Public Education Endowment

Public Education Endowment Repeal Bill 2025

16 Jun 2026: This bill has passed its first house and is now before the second house for its own debate.

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The Public Education Endowment Act 1909 is repealed.
The Trustees of Public Education Endowment are abolished; the trustees go out of office.
Money held by the trustees moves to the Consolidated Account; it is no longer held in trust.
Specific land in Knutsford vests in the State of Western Australia; it is no longer held in trust, and the State takes over all related rights and liabilities.
The Registrar of Titles and other officials must register the land transfer and documents needed to show these changes.
No state tax or duty is payable on these transfers.
Transitional regulations cannot take away a person's existing rights; they cannot impose new liabilities for past acts.
The trustees' agency special purpose account is closed.

The Debate

What different members said when this bill was debated:

Stephen Dawson ALP

“I move: That the bill be now read a second time. A bill with substantially the same content as this bill was introduced into the Legislative Assembly on 11 October 2023 and was passed without amendment by the Legislative Assembly on 7 May 2024. It was introduced into the Legislative Council on 7 May 2024 but lapsed when the 41st Parliament was prorogued in December 2024.”

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Emily Hamilton ALP

“On behalf of Ms Sabine Winton (Minister for Education) I move: That the bill be now read a second time. I am delivering this second reading speech on behalf of the Minister for Education in my role as parliamentary secretary.”

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