Repeal of Portable Long Service Leave for Community Services Workers
Portable Long Service Leave (Community Services Sector) Repeal Bill 2025
Introduced by: The Hon Jo Hersey MLA (CLP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Jo Hersey CLP
“Madam Speaker, I present a Bill titled Portable Long Service Leave (Community Services Sector) Repeal Bill 2025, Serial 18, and table the explanatory statement. I move that the Bill be now read a first time. The purpose of this Bill is to repeal the Portable Long Service Leave (Community Services Sector) Act 2024, herein referred to as the Act.”
Chanston Paech ALP
“Madam Speaker, I move the following amendment to omit all words after `that’ and insert the following words, `the Bill be referred to the Legislative Scrutiny Committee for report by 20 May 2025’. We heard from the minister about the importance of talking and consulting.”
Selena Uibo ALP
“Madam Speaker, I support this amendment by the Member for Gwoja. The CLP government celebrated the return of the scrutiny committee. We heard late last night/early this morning that it does not support its own committee members when it comes to amendments and committee reports. I should not be surprised.”
Steven Edgington CLP
“Madam Speaker, I will respond to this proposed amendment by the Member for Gwoja regarding the Portable Long Service Leave (Community Services Sector) Repeal Bill 2025, Serial 18. Talking about scrutiny committees is a bit rich coming from Labor. The Leader of the Opposition said that she has never seen omnibus legislation sent to scrutiny. I remind the Assembly why.”
Robyn Cahill CLP
“Madam Speaker, I will deliver the ministerial report on Asian relations, as notified yesterday, to report on the work being undertaken by this CLP government in our journey to reconnect with our Asian neighbours.”
“Madam Speaker, I thank the minister for an excellent report. I have strong professional experience and a passion for growing our trade and investment opportunities across the dynamic Asian region. I commend the initiatives taken to date by our CLP government to restore-- I emphasise `restore’--our relationships in this region.”
Clinton Howe CLP
“Madam Speaker, first and foremost I thank the minister for her hard work in the last seven months. The minister has done more for trade and relations with our Asian neighbours in the last seven months than the previous government did in eight years. The return of flights is evidence of the hard work she is putting in. She has visited Timor-Leste and Indonesia.”
Oly Carlson CLP
“Madam Speaker, I thank the Member for Drysdale. I can reiterate his translation, as the Indonesian-speaking member of this parliament. Mr Howe: She helped me. Mrs CARLSON: I had to check it. I thank the Minister for Trade, Business and Asian Relations for her report.”
“Madam Speaker, I support the Portable Long Service Leave (Community Services Sector) Repeal Bill 2025. Long service leave has been a cornerstone of Australian industrial relations since its inception in Victoria during the 1860s.”