Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 1 May 2024 · Energy

Renewable energy infrastructure

Defeated17 yes 20 no

The question put

That this house: (1) notes that: (a) planning scheme amendment VC261 changes the Victoria Planning Provisions and all planning schemes in Victoria with respect to renewable energy facilities and associated utility installation, including removing the right of impacted Victorians to appeal such planning approvals at VCAT; (b) planning scheme amendment VC261 was gazetted on 4 April 2024 and tabled in this house on 18 April 2024; and (2) pursuant to section 38(2) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987, revokes amendment VC261 to the Victoria Planning Provisions.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 14 no
14 members
- NoEnver Erdogan
- NoGayle Tierney
- NoHarriet Shing
- NoIngrid Stitt
- NoJacinta Ermacora
- NoJohn Berger
- NoLee Tarlamis
- NoLizzie Blandthorn
- NoMichael Galea
- NoRyan Batchelor
- NoShaun Leane
- NoSheena Watt
- NoSonja Terpstra
- NoTom McIntosh
LiberalAll yes10 yes · 0 no
10 members
- YesBev McArthur
- YesDavid Davis
- YesEvan Mulholland
- YesGeorgie Crozier
- YesJoe McCracken
- YesNick McGowan
- YesRenee Heath
- YesRichard Welch
- YesTrung Luu
- YesWendy Lovell
Smaller parties and independents
- NoKatherine CopseyGreens
- NoSarah MansfieldGreens
- NoDavid EttershankLegalise Cannabis
- NoRachel PayneLegalise Cannabis
- YesGaelle BroadNationals
- YesMelina BathNationals
- NoGeorgie PurcellAnimal Justice Party
- YesMoira DeemingFamily First
- YesAdem SomyurekIndependent
- YesDavid LimbrickLibertarian Party
- YesRikkie-Lee TyrrellOne Nation
- NoSamantha RatnamParty not recorded
- 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.