Wednesday, 5 March 2025

Bills

Fire Services Property Amendment (Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund) Bill 2025

Introduction and first reading

Danny PEARSON (Essendon – Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs, Minister for Finance) (09:33): I move:

That I introduce a bill for an act to amend and change the title of the Fire Services Property Levy Act 2012 to expand the coverage of that act to emergency services and volunteers, to make consequential amendments to other acts and for other purposes.

Motion agreed to.

Danny O’BRIEN (Gippsland South) (09:34): I seek a brief explanation of the bill.

Danny PEARSON (Essendon – Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs, Minister for Finance) (09:34): The Fire Services Property Amendment (Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund) Bill 2025 amends the Fire Services Property Levy Act 2012 to replace the existing fire services property levy with an expanded emergency services and volunteers funding levy from 1 July 2025.

Read first time.

Ordered to be read second time tomorrow.