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There have been a number of recent developments to licensing schemes in Queensland, South Australia and Victoria. Most notably, the South Australian government has recently announced it intends to repeal the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 (SA) and is no longer accepting licence applications.
Please click the map below for a summary noting the current status of licensing schemes around Australia at a State and Federal level.
1. For more information on the Queensland scheme see our article: Queensland Labour Hire Licensing Bill passes.
2. For more information on the introduction of the bill to establish a Victorian scheme see our article: Victoria – Labour Hire Licensing Bill introduced.
This article was prepared by Wendy Fauvel, Senior Associate and Natassia Smith, Lawyer.
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