Vicarious Liability

The Hon. L.A. HENDERSON (15:12): Supplementary: can the minister please advise if, depending on outcomes from further work being done, the government will be legislating to look at retrospective vicarious liability legislation?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (15:12): I thank the honourable member for her question. It is too early to say that. Certainly, I have had a number of meetings and representations with people and groups who have very different views on this issue. From memory, I think Victoria is the jurisdiction that is leading the further work for the Standing Council of Attorneys-General. We will wait for that work to be completed before we say anything about whether there will be law change, but it certainly remains on the agenda.