Victoria · Employment
Fair Work (Commonwealth Powers) Amendment Bill 2026
Assented: Signed into law, so it is now an Act. Federally the Governor-General gives assent; in the states, the Governor; in the Northern Territory, the Administrator. The ACT has no assent step: a passed bill becomes law when it is notified (published) on the ACT Legislation Register, which FOCUp also shows as Assented. What the other terms mean
- Parliament
- Parliament of Victoria
- Introduced
- 17 June 2026
- Latest stage
- 15 Sept 2026
- Introduced by
- Hon Sonya Kilkenny
- Stage detail
- Passed and Assented to
What the bill says it does
The main purposes of this Act are— (a) to amend the Fair Work (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2009— (i) to provide for certain public sector employees to enter into enterprise bargaining agreements about matters pertaining to the number, identity or appointment (other than terms and conditions of appointment) of those employees; and (ii) to make further provision in relation to the scope of the exceptions to the matters referred to the Parliament of the Commonwealth; and (iii) to make further provision about matters relating to law enforcement officers; and (iv) to provide for some other aspects of the provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 of the Commonwealth to apply to those matters; and (b) to make necessary related and consequential amendments to the Victoria Police Act 2013; and (c) to make other minor technical amendments to those Acts.
Quoted from: Purpose clause of the bill as introduced. Not written or edited by FOCUp.
Official sources
Timeline
First reading passed — Legislative Assembly
17 June 2026
First reading: Statements of compatibility tabled — Legislative Assembly
18 June 2026 · Source
Second reading moved — Legislative Assembly
18 June 2026 · Source
Second reading: Debate resumed — Legislative Assembly
25 Aug 2026
Second reading: Government business program — Legislative Assembly
25 Aug 2026
Second reading passed — Legislative Assembly
27 Aug 2026
Third reading moved — Legislative Assembly
27 Aug 2026
Third reading passed — Legislative Assembly
27 Aug 2026
Message received from Assembly — Legislative Council
27 Aug 2026
First reading passed — Legislative Council
27 Aug 2026
First reading: Statements of compatibility tabled — Legislative Council
27 Aug 2026 · Source
Second reading moved — Legislative Council
27 Aug 2026 · Source
Second reading: Debate resumed — Legislative Council
10 Sept 2026
Second reading passed — Legislative Council
10 Sept 2026
Committee of the whole: Date committed — Legislative Council
10 Sept 2026
Committee of the whole completed - Bill not amended — Legislative Council
10 Sept 2026
Third reading moved — Legislative Council
10 Sept 2026
Third reading passed — Legislative Council
10 Sept 2026
Royal Assent given
15 Sept 2026
Act number 39/2026
Date not published
Where it sits in the budget
Government function: Jobs and workplace programs
- Economic affairs$3.9B spending, 2026-27
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Try the Victoria budget yourself →Election commitments on the same subject
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- Exempt Victorian government projects from Commonwealth powers to preference employers with enterprise agreements for federally-funded projects · Victorian Liberals and Nationals · 8 July 2026
- Support working from home and a four day work week · Victorian Greens · 12 Aug 2026
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