--- title: "Suburban Rail Loop: motions (Victorian Legislative Council, 29 May 2024) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported a motion noting doubts about federal funding for the Suburban Rail Loop East project, citing a claimed $20 billion shortfall and criticising the project's cost, a position the Opposition put forward. Defeated 14 to 17 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 29 May 2024. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-05-29/2" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Victorian Legislative Council](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 29 May 2024 · [Transport and infrastructure](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council?topic=infrastructure%5Ftransport) # Suburban Rail Loop: motions Voting yes supported a motion noting doubts about federal funding for the Suburban Rail Loop East project, citing a claimed $20 billion shortfall and criticising the project's cost, a position the Opposition put forward. Defeated **14** yes **17** no The question put That this house notes that: (1) fresh doubts surround the future of the most expensive transport infrastructure project in Victoria’s history following confirmation the federal budget contains no additional funding for the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East; (2) in 2022, the Victorian Labor government stated that the $34.5 billion SRL East would be funded through three equal $11.5 billion contributions from the Victorian state government, the federal government and new taxes via ‘value capture’ initiatives; (3) to date, the federal Labor government has committed just $2.2 billion towards the project, with federal minister for infrastructure Catherine King stating that no further money will be provided until the project has been assessed by Infrastructure Australia; (4) with federal Labor now walking away from the project, the Allan Labor government faces a $20 billion funding shortfall for the SRL East as it boasts of preparing to sign all main works contracts by 2026; (5) the independent Parliamentary Budget Office has costed stages 1 and 2 of the project at $216 billion; (6) this wasteful spend means Victorians living in growth areas and regional Victoria will miss out on essential in ## How each party voted - Labor All no 0 yes · 13 no 13 members - No [Enver Erdogan](https://politics.computer/mp/enver-erdogan) - 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 [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 9 yes · 0 no 9 members - Yes [Bev McArthur](https://politics.computer/mp/bev-mcarthur) - Yes [David Davis](https://politics.computer/mp/david-davis) - Yes [Evan Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/evan-mulholland) - Yes [Georgie Crozier](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-crozier) - 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 [Gaelle Broad](https://politics.computer/mp/gaelle-broad) Nationals - Yes [Melina Bath](https://politics.computer/mp/melina-bath) Nationals - 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. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together. [Previous Vote 1 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-05-29/1) [All Victorian Legislative Council votes](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Victoria](https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/parliamentary-activity/hansard/hansard-details/HANSARD-974425065-26799#division-marker-1). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. 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