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Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 22 September 2026

Workplace Legislation Amendment (Accident Compensation and Other Matters) Bill 2026: committee

Voting yes supported dividing the Workplace Legislation Amendment (Accident Compensation and Other Matters) Bill 2026 into two separate bills during committee. The motion was defeated, so the division did not proceed.

Defeated13 yes 21 no

The question put

That the Workplace Legislation Amendment (Accident Compensation and Other Matters) Bill 2026 be divided into two Bills as follows: (a) A Workplace Legislation Amendment (Compensation and Other Matters) Bill 2026 being the Workplace Legislation Amendment (Accident Compensation and Other Matters) Bill 2026 with the following changes: (i) Long title as follows: “A Bill for an Act to amend the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 in relation to guarantees and supported accommodation, the Accident Compensation Act 1985 in relation to supported accommodation, the Transport Accident Act 1986 in relation to supported accommodation, the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 in relation to coercive conduct and to make consequential amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Dangerous Goods) Act 2026 and for other purposes.”; (ii) Short title as follows: “ Workplace Legislation Amendment (Compensation and Other Matters) Bill 2026 ”; (iii) Heading to Part 1; (iv) Clause 1 as follows: “ 1 Purposes The main purposes of this Act are – (a) to amend the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 – (i) to make further provision for guarantees ob

How each party voted

Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.

Source: Hansard, Parliament of Victoria. The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.