Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 29 November 2023
Legal and Social Issues Committee: reference
Voting yes supported the Legal and Social Issues Committee inquiring into food security in Victoria, including its impacts on health and hardship and options to lower food costs, reporting by 14 November 2024.
The question put
That this house requires the Legal and Social Issues Committee to inquire into, consider and report, by 14 November 2024, on the impacts and drivers of, and solutions for, food security in Victoria, including but not limited to: (1) the impact of food insecurity in Victoria on: (a) physical and mental health; (b) poverty and hardship; and (2) options available to lower the cost of food and improve access to affordable, nutritious and culturally appropriate food.
How each party voted
- LaborAll yes14 yes · 0 no
14 members
- LiberalAll no0 yes · 10 no
- GreensAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid EttershankLegalise Cannabis
- YesRachel PayneLegalise Cannabis
- NoGaelle BroadNationals
- NoMelina BathNationals
- YesSamantha RatnamParty not recorded
- NoMatthew BachParty not recorded
- YesGeorgie PurcellAnimal Justice Party
- NoMoira DeemingFamily First
- NoDavid LimbrickLibertarian Party
- NoRikkie-Lee TyrrellOne Nation
- YesJeff BourmanShooters, Fishers and Farmers Party
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.