VIC Transfer of Cladding Safety Work to the Victorian Building Authority

Cladding Safety Victoria Repeal Bill 2026

19 May 2026: Passed by Parliament and signed off by the governor.

This bill kicks in: TBA

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

Assent

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apartment repairs building permits building safety combustible cladding commercial development construction industry

Introduced by: Harriet Shing MLC (ALP); The Hon Gabrielle Williams MP (ALP)

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Official page: progress through parliament

Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

Cladding Safety Victoria is abolished; all its assets, liabilities, contracts, and legal proceedings transfer to the Victorian Building Authority (VBA).
Staff employed by Cladding Safety Victoria transfer to the VBA.
The building permit levy is adjusted: an amount that was previously collected specifically for the cladding rectification program is replaced by a levy payable on non-regional buildings and paid into the VBA's Building account.
All funds held in the Cladding Safety Victoria account transfer to the VBA's Building account (cladding sub-account) on the commencement day.

The Debate

What different members said when this bill was debated:

David Southwick LIB

“It is a pleasure to rise on the Cladding Safety Victoria Repeal Bill 2026, and I say from the outset that the opposition will not be opposing this bill. The bill comes as the government winds down CladdingSafetyVictoria, an established bodythat wasformed in December 2020 to deal with some of the issues around the widespread combustible cladding crisis followingtheLacrosseandGrenfellTowerfires.”

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