--- title: "Public sector executive appointments (Victorian Legislative Council, 6 March 2024) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported a motion noting the appointment of Mr Jeroen Weimar as deputy secretary of housing implementation and referring that appointment to the Victorian Ombudsman for investigation and report. Defeated 15 to 18 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 6 March 2024. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-03-06/2" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Victorian Legislative Council](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 6 March 2024 · [Integrity and democracy](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council?topic=integrity%5Fdemocracy) # Public sector executive appointments Voting yes supported a motion noting the appointment of Mr Jeroen Weimar as deputy secretary of housing implementation and referring that appointment to the Victorian Ombudsman for investigation and report. Defeated **15** yes **18** no The question put That this house: (1) notes the appointment of Mr Jeroen Weimar as deputy secretary of housing implementation in the Department of Premier and Cabinet and that: (a) it follows an admission by Premier Jacinta Allan MP that she had conversations with the head of the department Mr Jeremi Moule about Mr Weimar’s appointment and there were no other candidates for the position; (b) Mr Weimar has no experience in housing and, until a few months ago, was the head of the Commonwealth Games organising committee; (c) the Commonwealth Games debacle has cost Victorian taxpayers at least $600 million and trashed the state’s reputation; (d) in her report on the alleged politicisation of the public sector last December, the Ombudsman Ms Deborah Glass found ‘frequent side-stepping of merit-based recruitment …’; (e) the Ombudsman also found candidates were ‘often hand-picked without an open and advertised process’; (2) pursuant to section 16 of the Ombudsman Act 1973, refers the following matter to the Ombudsman for investigation and report: (a) the appointment of Mr Weimar as deputy secretary of housing implementation in the Department of Premier and Cabinet, as it raises the same concerns that the ## How each party voted - Labor All no 0 yes · 13 no 13 members - No [Enver Erdogan](https://politics.computer/mp/enver-erdogan) - No [Gayle Tierney](https://politics.computer/mp/gayle-tierney) - No [Harriet Shing](https://politics.computer/mp/harriet-shing) - No [Ingrid Stitt](https://politics.computer/mp/ingrid-stitt) - No [Jacinta Ermacora](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-ermacora) - No [John Berger](https://politics.computer/mp/john-berger) - No [Lee Tarlamis](https://politics.computer/mp/lee-tarlamis) - No [Lizzie Blandthorn](https://politics.computer/mp/lizzie-blandthorn) - No [Michael Galea](https://politics.computer/mp/michael-galea) - No [Ryan Batchelor](https://politics.computer/mp/ryan-batchelor) - No [Shaun Leane](https://politics.computer/mp/shaun-leane) - No [Sonja Terpstra](https://politics.computer/mp/sonja-terpstra) - No [Tom McIntosh](https://politics.computer/mp/tom-mcintosh) - Liberal All yes 9 yes · 0 no 9 members - Yes [Ann-Marie Hermans](https://politics.computer/mp/ann-marie-hermans) - Yes [David Davis](https://politics.computer/mp/david-davis) - Yes [Evan Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/evan-mulholland) - Yes [Joe McCracken](https://politics.computer/mp/joe-mccracken) - Yes [Nick McGowan](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mcgowan) - Yes [Renee Heath](https://politics.computer/mp/renee-heath) - Yes [Richard Welch](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-welch) - Yes [Trung Luu](https://politics.computer/mp/trung-luu) - Yes [Wendy Lovell](https://politics.computer/mp/wendy-lovell) - Greens All no 0 yes · 3 no 3 members - No [Aiv Puglielli](https://politics.computer/mp/aiv-puglielli) - No [Katherine Copsey](https://politics.computer/mp/katherine-copsey) - No [Sarah Mansfield](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-mansfield) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes [David Ettershank](https://politics.computer/mp/david-ettershank) Legalise Cannabis - Yes [Rachel Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/rachel-payne) Legalise Cannabis - Yes [Gaelle Broad](https://politics.computer/mp/gaelle-broad) Nationals - Yes [Melina Bath](https://politics.computer/mp/melina-bath) Nationals - No [Georgie Purcell](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-purcell) Animal Justice Party - Yes [David Limbrick](https://politics.computer/mp/david-limbrick) Libertarian Party - Yes [Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/rikkie-lee-tyrrell) One Nation - No [Samantha Ratnam](https://politics.computer/mp/samantha-ratnam) Party not recorded Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. 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