Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Assembly · 28 May 2025 · Crime and safety
Control of Weapons Amendment (Machete Ban) Bill 2025: introduction
Voting yes supported introducing the Control of Weapons Amendment (Machete Ban) Bill 2025, which amends the Control of Weapons Act 1990 and related legislation.
The question put
That I introduce a bill to amend the Control of Weapons Act 1990 and the Terrorism (Community Protection) and Control of Weapons Amendment Act 2025 and for other purposes.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 50 no
50 members
- NoAlison Marchant
- NoAnthony Cianflone
- NoBelinda Wilson
- NoBen Carroll
- NoBronwyn Halfpenny
- NoChris Couzens
- NoColin Brooks
- NoDaniela De Martino
- NoDanny Pearson
- NoDylan Wight
- NoEden Foster
- NoElla George
- NoGabrielle Williams
- NoGary Maas
- NoIwan Walters
- NoJacinta Allan
- NoJackson Taylor
- NoJohn Lister
- NoJohn Mullahy
- NoJordan Crugnale
- NoJosh Bull
- NoJuliana Addison
- NoKat Theophanous
- NoKathleen Matthews-Ward
- NoKatie Hall
- NoLily D'Ambrosio
- NoLuba Grigorovitch
- NoMartha Haylett
- NoMary-Anne Thomas
- NoMathew Hilakari
- NoMatt Fregon
- NoMelissa Horne
- NoMeng Heang Tak
- NoMichaela Settle
- NoNatalie Hutchins
- NoNatalie Suleyman
- NoNathan Lambert
- NoNick Staikos
- NoNina Taylor
- NoPaul Edbrooke
- NoPaul Hamer
- NoPaul Mercurio
- NoPauline Richards
- NoRos Spence
- NoSarah Connolly
- NoSonya Kilkenny
- NoSteve Dimopoulos
- NoSteve McGhie
- NoTim Richardson
- NoVicki Ward
- LiberalAll yes18 yes · 0 no
18 members
- NationalsAll yes8 yes · 0 no
8 members
- YesDanny O'Brien
- YesEmma Kealy
- YesJade Benham
- YesKim O'Keeffe
- YesMartin Cameron
- YesPeter Walsh
- YesTim Bull
- YesTim McCurdy
Smaller parties and independents
- YesSam GrothCoalition
- NoDarren CheesemanIndependent
Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.
Source: Hansard, Parliament of Victoria. The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.