Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Assembly · 27 August 2026 · Other
Local Government Legislation Amendment (Stronger Communities) Bill 2026: second reading
Voting yes supported the Local Government Legislation Amendment (Stronger Communities) Bill 2026 being read a second time, agreeing to government amendments 1 to 3, and passing its third reading.
The question put
That this bill be now read a second time, government amendments 1 to 3 inclusive be agreed to and the bill be now read a third time.
How each party voted
- LaborAll yes50 yes · 0 no
50 members
- YesAlison Marchant
- YesAnthony Carbines
- YesAnthony Cianflone
- YesBelinda Wilson
- YesBen Carroll
- YesBronwyn Halfpenny
- YesChris Couzens
- YesColin Brooks
- YesDaniela De Martino
- YesDanny Pearson
- YesDylan Wight
- YesEden Foster
- YesElla George
- YesGabrielle Williams
- YesGary Maas
- YesIwan Walters
- YesJackson Taylor
- YesJohn Lister
- 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 Edbrooke
- YesPaul Hamer
- YesPaul Mercurio
- YesPauline Richards
- YesRos Spence
- YesSarah Connolly
- YesSonya Kilkenny
- YesSteve Dimopoulos
- YesSteve McGhie
- YesTim Richardson
- YesVicki Ward
- LiberalAll no0 yes · 19 no
- NationalsAll no0 yes · 8 no
8 members
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.