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Victims Rights and Victims of Crime Commissioner Bill 2025
Legislative Council
Legislative Assembly
Assent
Introduced by: Michael Daley MP (ALP); The Hon Rose Jackson (ALP); Rose Jackson MLC (ALP)
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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:
James Griffin LIB
“On behalf of the Opposition, I briefly contribute to debate on the Victims Rights and Victims of Crime Commissioner Bill 2025, which we just had a significant insight into from the Attorney General. One area where our justice system fails is that too often the criminal is the focus of our discussions about crime, not the victim.”
Edmond Atalla ALP
“I make a contribution in support of the Victims Rights and Victims of Crime Commissioner Bill 2025. The bill delivers on a central election commitment of this Government: the establishment of an independent Victims of Crime Commissioner to act as a dedicated advocate for victims across New South Wales.”
Jenny Leong GRN
“On behalf of The Greens in the Legislative Assembly, I contribute to debate on the Victims Rights and Victims of Crime Commissioner Bill 2025. I acknowledge the comments made by my colleague in the other place, Ms Abigail Boyd.”
Karen McKeown ALP
“I support the Victims Rights and Victims of Crime Commissioner Bill 2025 and will set out why this reform is necessary, how it will operate and what it will deliver for victim-survivors across New South Wales.”
Philip Donato IND
“I contribute briefly to debate on the Victims Rights and Victims of Crime Commissioner Bill 2025. I support the bill, which I am interested in for a number of reasons.”
“I speak in strong support of the Victims Rights and Victims of Crime Commissioner Bill 2025. I thank the member for Orange and reflect on his thoughtful and authentic contribution. Every victim of crime deserves to be treated with dignity, respect and compassion. They deserve to have their voices heard, their experiences recognised and their rights protected.”
David Saliba ALP
“I speak in support of the Victims Rights and Victims of Crime Commissioner Bill 2025 and commend the work of the Attorney General and his staff. I sincerely thank them for their work on this and other pieces of legislation. The Attorney General portfolio is spoken most about regarding bills and supportive legislation.”
Michael Daley ALP
“The bill delivers on the Government’s commitment to establish an independent advocate for victims of crime. The core purpose of the bill is to recognise and promote the rights of victims of crime and establish a commissioner responsible for advocating for those rights at a systemic level.”
News articles and press releases
Victims Rights and Victims of Crime Commissioner Bill 2025
The Hon. ROSE JACKSON, Minister for Water — 2025-08-07
In establishing the Victims of Crime Commissioner, this bill will separate the entity responsible for charter oversight from those agencies that deliver services to victims. This bill therefore removes the charter from the Victims Rights and Support Act 2013 and transfers the charter, in the same terms, to part 2 of this bill. The bill establishes a new complaints handling framework to provide certainty to victims of crime about how complaints will be managed. The framework sets out the various actions the commissioner can take to resolve the complaint, including recommending that an agency apologise to the complainant or recommending that an agency review a policy or procedure.