Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Assembly · 26 August 2026 · Crime and safety

Crimes Amendment (Recruitment of Children for Criminal Activity) Bill 2026: council’s amendments

Voting yes supported the Crimes Amendment (Recruitment of Children for Criminal Activity) Bill 2026 having the Council's amendments agreed to, which adds those amendments to the bill.

Passed72 yes 2 no

The question put

That the amendments be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll yes48 yes · 0 no
48 members
- YesAlison Marchant
- YesAnthony Carbines
- YesAnthony Cianflone
- YesBelinda Wilson
- YesBronwyn Halfpenny
- YesChris Couzens
- YesColin Brooks
- YesDaniela De Martino
- YesDanny Pearson
- YesDylan Wight
- YesEden Foster
- YesElla George
- YesEmma Vulin
- YesGabrielle Williams
- YesGary Maas
- YesIwan Walters
- YesJackson Taylor
- YesJohn Mullahy
- YesJordan Crugnale
- YesJosh Bull
- YesJuliana Addison
- YesKat Theophanous
- YesKathleen Matthews-Ward
- YesKatie Hall
- YesLauren Kathage
- YesLily D'Ambrosio
- YesLuba Grigorovitch
- YesMartha Haylett
- YesMary-Anne Thomas
- YesMathew Hilakari
- YesMatt Fregon
- YesMelissa Horne
- YesMeng Heang Tak
- YesNatalie Hutchins
- YesNatalie Suleyman
- YesNathan Lambert
- YesNick Staikos
- YesNina Taylor
- YesPaul Hamer
- YesPaul Mercurio
- YesPauline Richards
- YesRos Spence
- YesSarah Connolly
- YesSonya Kilkenny
- YesSteve Dimopoulos
- YesSteve McGhie
- YesTim Richardson
- YesVicki Ward
LiberalAll yes16 yes · 0 no
16 members
- YesBrad Rowswell
- YesBridget Vallence
- YesChris Crewther
- YesCindy McLeish
- YesDavid Hodgett
- YesDavid Southwick
- YesJames Newbury
- YesJohn Pesutto
- YesKim Wells
- YesMatthew Guy
- YesMichael O'Brien
- YesNicole Werner
- YesRachel Westaway
- YesRichard Riordan
- YesRoma Britnell
- YesWayne Farnham
NationalsAll yes8 yes · 0 no
8 members
- YesAnnabelle Cleeland
- YesDanny O'Brien
- YesEmma Kealy
- YesJade Benham
- YesKim O'Keeffe
- YesMartin Cameron
- YesPeter Walsh
- YesTim Bull
Smaller parties and independents
- NoEllen SandellGreens
- NoGabrielle de VietriGreens

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.