Wednesday, 29 October 2025

 Danny PEARSON (Essendon – Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs, Minister for Finance) (09:34): I move:

That I introduce a bill for an act to promote the health, safety and welfare of persons at work by regulating non-disclosure agreements relating to sexual harassment at work and for other purposes.

Motion agreed to.

 Bridget VALLENCE (Evelyn) (09:34): I request from the minister a brief explanation of the bill.

 Danny PEARSON (Essendon – Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs, Minister for Finance) (09:34): This bill places restrictions on the circumstances in which workplace non-disclosure agreements can be entered into to improve prevention of workplace sexual harassment and to prevent non-disclosure agreements from being misused to silence workers or conceal circumstances related to workplace sexual harassment.

Read first time.

Ordered to be read second time tomorrow.