--- title: "Climate Change and Energy Legislation Amendment (Renewable Energy and Storage Targets) Bill 2023: second reading (Victorian Legislative Council, 7 March 2024) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported replacing the bill's second reading with a motion to withdraw the Climate Change and Energy Legislation Amendment (Renewable Energy and Storage Targets) Bill 2023 until the government addressed energy security, affordability, planning and land-use concerns. Defeated 13 to 19 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 7 March 2024. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-03-07/1" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Victorian Legislative Council](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 7 March 2024 · [Climate and environment](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council?topic=climate) # Climate Change and Energy Legislation Amendment (Renewable Energy and Storage Targets) Bill 2023: second reading Voting yes supported replacing the bill's second reading with a motion to withdraw the Climate Change and Energy Legislation Amendment (Renewable Energy and Storage Targets) Bill 2023 until the government addressed energy security, affordability, planning and land-use concerns. Defeated **13** yes **19** no The question put That all the words after ‘That’ be omitted and replaced with ‘the bill be withdrawn and not reintroduced until the government: (1) guarantees secure and reliable energy for every Victorian, noting the recent system collapse which led to 530,000 people without power; (2) commits to energy being affordable, noting the 25 per cent price increase over the last year; (3) details how Victoria will have adequate baseload power, noting the state government’s ban on gas; (4) sets out a plan to upgrade 57-year-old transmission infrastructure, noting that almost one in seven of Victoria’s 13,000 electricity transmission towers is damaged and experts warned the government in 2020 of the risks in extreme weather events; (5) reveals to Victorians exactly how the new planning powers and ministerial directions will operate and why the Government is stripping communities from planning decisions; (6) explains what the impact will be on agricultural land, when analysis from the government’s offshore wind policy directions paper of March 2020 shows that to meet net zero targets, up to 70 per cent of Victoria’s land will need to host wind and solar farms; (7) provides an update on how Victoria will rea ## How each party voted - Labor All no 0 yes · 12 no 12 members - 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 [Jaclyn Symes](https://politics.computer/mp/jaclyn-symes) - No [John Berger](https://politics.computer/mp/john-berger) - No [Lee Tarlamis](https://politics.computer/mp/lee-tarlamis) - 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 [Sheena Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/sheena-watt) - No [Sonja Terpstra](https://politics.computer/mp/sonja-terpstra) - No [Tom McIntosh](https://politics.computer/mp/tom-mcintosh) - Liberal All yes 8 yes · 0 no 8 members - 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 - No [David Ettershank](https://politics.computer/mp/david-ettershank) Legalise Cannabis - No [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 [Moira Deeming](https://politics.computer/mp/moira-deeming) Family First - 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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