Status
Passed and Assented to
Introduction print – Bill
Introduction print – Explanatory Memorandum
First House: Legislative Assembly
First readingAssembly
- Introduced by Hon Tim Pallas
- First reading passed
- 23/05/2023
- Statement of compatibility tabled
- 30/05/2023
Second readingAssembly
- Second reading moved
- 30/05/2023
- Debate resumed
- 31/05/2023
- Reasoned amendment
- 31/05/2023
The Opposition (Brad Rowswell) moved a reasoned amendment.
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- 31/05/2023
Brad Rowswell's reasoned amendment was defeated.
- Government business program
- 30/05/2023
Debate on this bill must be completed by 5.00 pm on Wednesday 31/05/2023.
- Second reading passed
- 31/05/2023
Third readingAssembly
- Third reading moved
- 31/05/2023
- Third reading passed
- 31/05/2023
Second House: Legislative Council
Message received from AssemblyCouncil
- Message received from Assembly
- 31/05/2023
First readingCouncil
- Introduced by Hon Jaclyn Symes
- First reading passed
- 31/05/2023
- Statement of compatibility tabled
- 31/05/2023
Second readingCouncil
- Second reading moved
- 31/05/2023
- Debate resumed
- 20/06/2023
- Opposition amendments circulated
- 20/06/2023
- Reasoned amendment
- 20/06/2023
The following reasoned amendment moved by Matthew Bach (Opposition) was defeated.
That all the words after “That” be omitted and replaced with the words “this House refuses to read this Bill a second time and the Bill be withdrawn because the Government has not —
(1) provided a viable fiscal strategy for Victoria that will not —
(a) increase unemployment;
(b) increase the tax burden on families and businesses;
(c) put downward pressure on real wage growth;
(d) put downward pressure on investment and jobs growth;
(2) provided a fiscal strategy to repay $140 billion in State debt;
(3) appropriately accounted for $76 billion in recurrent and capital contingency funding that should be drawn down in lieu of new taxes and tax increases; and
(4) alleviated cost of living pressures for Victorian families.”.
- Second reading passed
- 20/06/2023
Committee of the wholeCouncil
- Date committed
- 20/06/2023
- Committee of the whole completed - Bill not amended
- 20/06/2023
Third readingCouncil
- Third reading moved
- 20/06/2023
- Third reading passed
- 20/06/2023
Royal Assent
- Royal Assent given
- 27/06/2023
- Act number 18/2023