Tuesday, 16 August 2022

Bills

Human Source Management Bill 2022

Introduction and first reading

Ms KILKENNY (Carrum—Minister for Corrections, Minister for Youth Justice, Minister for Victim Support, Minister for Fishing and Boating) (12:04): I move:

That I introduce a bill for an act to provide for the registration, use and management of human sources by Victoria Police, to provide for the external oversight of the use of human sources, to consequentially amend the Victoria Police Act 2013 and for other purposes.

Motion agreed to.

Mr M O’BRIEN (Malvern) (12:05): I ask the minister to provide a brief explanation of the content of the bill.

Ms KILKENNY (Carrum—Minister for Corrections, Minister for Youth Justice, Minister for Victim Support, Minister for Fishing and Boating) (12:05): The bill delivers 25 recommendations of the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants, which delivered its final report on 30 November 2020. The government has publicly committed to implementing the 111 recommendations in the report. The bill aims to regulate Victoria Police’s registration, use and management of human sources, to provide a clear framework for police to obtain and use information from human sources and to ensure that they are used in an ethical and justifiable manner.

Read first time.

Ordered to be read second time tomorrow.