Tuesday, 26 August 2025

Motions

Motions by leave

Will FOWLES (Ringwood) (12:28): A question to the Minister for Health: last week the Minister for Health gave an answer that was subsequently contradicted by the Minister of Health –

The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Ringwood, is this a point of order or a motion by leave?

Will FOWLES: It is a motion by leave.

The SPEAKER: You need to say, ‘I move, by leave’.

Will FOWLES: I move, by leave:

That I table the letter from the Minister for Health that corrects the record relative to the answer that was given in the chamber.

Leave refused.

Roma BRITNELL (South-West Coast) (12:29): I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Allan Labor government for ignoring the review of Victoria’s reportable conduct scheme recommendations to urgently provide adequate resources and to reform the scheme to make sure abuse can be reported and investigated immediately and properly.

Leave refused.

Roma BRITNELL: I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Allan Labor government for ignoring the pleas of the children’s commissioner two years ago, who warned children will be at risk if the government did not fund the reportable conduct scheme, leaving vulnerable children in reported abusive situations, resulting in hundreds of children being abused in our childcare system.

Leave refused.

Roma BRITNELL: I move, by leave:

That this house condemn the Allan Labor government for allowing the children’s commissioner position to remain vacant without leadership for months, even when this crisis was publicly exposed, leaving Victorian children at further risk of abuse.

Leave refused.

Roma BRITNELL: I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Allan Labor government for the high numbers of children and young people known to child protection continuing to die from lack of oversight and system failures.

Leave refused.

Roma BRITNELL: I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Allan Labor government for leaving the child protection workforce chronically understaffed, with a high turnover of workers who are inexperienced, underqualified and overburdened. At-risk children are having their cases closed prematurely and are not referred to services.

Leave refused.

Will FOWLES (Ringwood) (12:31): I move, by leave:

That this house directs the Minister for Health to correct the record in Hansard, which contradicts her public statements about the investigation into the incident at Maroondah Hospital.

Leave refused.

Roma BRITNELL (South-West Coast) (12:31): I move, by leave:

That this house condemns the Allan Labor government for thousands of reported incidents of children’s abuse being ignored, mostly in residential care, where there were 5400 reported incidents of abuse between January 2020 and September 2024, including physical, sexual, psychological and financial abuse.

Leave refused.