The penultimate Legislative Council sitting week of 2025 was dominated by debate on two major pieces of legislation, seeking to reform both the planning system and the workers compensation system. Both bills passed the Council, with debate on the workers compensation bill stretching into the early hours of Friday morning.
On Thursday the Opposition successfully moved a motion censuring the Leader of the Government, Minister Penny Sharpe, for the Government’s non-compliance with an order for papers related to the Moore Park Golf Course and Moore Park South.
The House also agreed to establish a new Select Committee into Youth Justice, and heard about the establishment of two other new committee inquiries: one into the structure and funding of the arts, music, night-time economy and transport portfolios, and another into clean indoor air.
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BILLS INTRODUCED
- Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment (Firefighters) Bill 2025
- Crimes Amendment (Defence of Dwellings and Other Premises) Bill 2025
- Evidence Based AVO Amendment Bill 2025
- Environment and Water Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
BILLS DEBATED
- Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment (Standard of Proof) Bill 2025
- Voluntary Assisted Dying Amendment (Residential Facilities) Bill 2025
- Kosciuszko Wild Horse Heritage Repeal Bill 2025
- Game and Feral Animal Legislation Amendment (Conservation Hunting) Bill 2025
BILLS PASSED
- Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Planning System Reforms) Bill 2025
- Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
GENERAL MOTIONS
The following motions were debated in the House this week:
| Topic | Moved by | Agreed to? |
| Tangara Life Extension Program | The Hon Dr Sarah Kaine (Labor) | Agreed to |
| Select Committee on Youth Justice | The Hon Aileen Macdonald (Liberal) | Agreed to, as amended |
| Neo-Nazism, White supremacy and racism | Dr Amanda Cohn (The Greens) | Agreed to |
| Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month 2025 | The Hon Sarah Mitchell (Nationals) | Agreed to |
IN COMMITTEES
The following new inquiries were either established or reported in the House this week:
- Structure and funding of the arts, music, night-time economy, and transport portfolios, Portfolio Committee No. 6 – Transport and the Arts
- Clean indoor air, Portfolio Committee No. 2 – Health
- Select Committee on Youth Justice
The following committee reports were either tabled or reported in the House this week:
- Report no. 41 of the Selection of Bills of Committee, dated 11 November 2025
- Delegated Legislation Monitor, report no. 14 of 2025 of the Delegated Legislation Committee dated 11 November 2025
- Legislation Review Digest, report no. 38/58 of the Legislation Review Committee dated 11 November 2025
- Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment (Reform and Modernisation) Bill 2025, report No. 5 of the Public Accountability and Works Committee dated November 2025
- Review into the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 and the Residential Apartment Buildings (Compliance and Enforcement Powers) Act 2020 and related draft government bills, report No. 6 of the Public Accountability and Works Committee dated November 2025
- Seventeenth General Meeting with the Valuer General, report 2/58 of the Joint Standing Committee on the Office of the Valuer-General dated November 2025
- Unauthorised disclosure of privileged information by the Honourable Mark Latham MLC, report No. 103 of the Privileges Committee entitled November 2025
- Citizen’s Right of Reply (Mr Steve Griffin), Report No. 104 of the Privileges Committee dated November 2025
ORDERS FOR PAPERS
| Request | Moved by | Agreed to? | Due date |
| Protest action of National Socialist Network ‘White Australia’, NSW Parliament, NSW Parliament, 8 November 2025 | The Hon Susan Carter (Liberal) | Agreed to | 19 November 2025 |
| Resources Regulator and minerals mining | Ms Cate Faehrmann (The Greens) | Agreed to | 13 January 2026 |
| Moore Park Golf Course and Moore Park South – Further Order | The Hon Scott Farlow (Liberal) | Agreed to, on division (Ayes: 22/Noes: 15) | 13 November 2026 |
| Workplace psychological injuries | The Hon Taylor Martin (Independent) | Agreed to | 12 November 2025 |