Thursday, 18 June 2026

 Anthony CARBINES (Ivanhoe – Leader of the House, Minister for Police, Minister for Community Safety, Minister for Victims, Minister for Racing) (09:37): I move, by leave:

That so much of standing and sessional orders be suspended on Thursday 30 July 2026 to allow:

(1)   the sitting of the house to be suspended at 11:15 am;

(2)   the Speaker to take the chair at 11:30 am, interrupt business, and the house to proceed in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (9);

(3)   Legislative Council members to be admitted onto the floor of the house and to remain until the question for the endorsement of the apology to victims of historical child sexual abuse in Victorian government schools is put;

(4)   the Premier to table a statement of apology to victims of historical child sexual abuse in Victorian government schools;

(5)   the Premier to move a motion that the house endorses the apology, and the Premier, the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Education, and the member for Sandringham to speak on the motion for a maximum of 10 minutes each;

(6)   the Speaker to put the question on the motion at the conclusion of the contributions referred to in paragraph (5);

(7)   at the conclusion of the motion, the house to suspend until 2 pm;

(8)   question time and constituency questions to take precedence at the end of the suspension in (7); and

(9)   any business under discussion at the 11:15 am suspension to be resumed at the conclusion of question time and constituency questions.

I think that what we have outlined is rather self-explanatory and I look forward to the contributions of members, with the agreement of the house, when the house resumes in July.

 Brad ROWSWELL (Sandringham) (09:39): Just very briefly, I acknowledge that the government has worked with members of my community and the broader victim-survivor community to bring this motion to this place. I am looking forward to making a contribution at a point in the future. Although the contributions will be time-limited to 10 minutes, I think every contributor to that debate will do their very best to articulate on behalf of those victim-survivors the experiences that they have felt and the importance of the acknowledgement that the government has taken leadership on.

Motion agreed to.