Tuesday, 28 October 2025

 Ben CARROLL (Niddrie – Minister for Education, Minister for WorkSafe and the TAC) (12:05): I move:

That I introduce a bill for an act to amend the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 and for other purposes.

Motion agreed to.

 James NEWBURY (Brighton) (12:05): I seek a brief explanation of the bill.

 Ben CARROLL (Niddrie – Minister for Education, Minister for WorkSafe and the TAC) (12:05): The bill will amend the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 to provide the Children’s Court with greater discretion and flexibility to extend timeframes for family reunification orders when it is in the child’s best interest. The bill will also remove adoption as a case plan objective and replace the term ‘permanency’ with ‘stability’, including a holistic definition of this term.

Read first time.

Ordered to be read second time tomorrow.