Bills
Crimes Amendment (Performance Crime) Bill 2025
Introduction and first reading
Sonya KILKENNY (Carrum – Attorney-General, Minister for Planning) (14:53): I move:
That I introduce a bill for an act to amend the Crimes Act 1958 to provide for a new offence in relation to the publication of material about the commission of certain offences and for other purposes.
Motion agreed to.
Bridget VALLENCE (Evelyn) (14:53): I ask the minister to provide a brief explanation of the bill.
Sonya KILKENNY (Carrum – Attorney-General, Minister for Planning) (14:53): The Crimes Amendment (Performance Crime) Bill 2025 will introduce a standalone performance crime offence into the Crimes Act 1958, cracking down further on offenders by criminalising the act of sharing their crimes on social media and messaging apps. The bill targets those who post and boast about serious crimes such as affray, burglary and robbery, car theft, home invasions and violent disorder.
Read first time.
Ordered to be read second time tomorrow.