Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 18 June 2024 · Integrity and democracy

Local Government Amendment (Governance and Integrity) Bill 2024: instruction to committee

Voting yes supported instructing the committee to consider new clauses limiting donations to councillors and candidates in the Local Government Amendment (Governance and Integrity) Bill 2024.

Passed22 yes 15 no

The question put

That it be an instruction to the committee that they have the power to consider new clauses to amend the Local Government Act 2020 to prohibit certain donors from making a gift to a candidate or a councillor during the donation period equal to or exceeding the gift disclosure threshold and to prohibit a person from making a gift to or for the benefit of a councillor that exceeds the general cap for the election period.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 14 no
14 members
- NoEnver Erdogan
- NoHarriet Shing
- NoIngrid Stitt
- NoJacinta Ermacora
- NoJaclyn Symes
- NoJohn Berger
- NoLee Tarlamis
- NoLizzie Blandthorn
- NoMichael Galea
- NoRyan Batchelor
- NoShaun Leane
- NoSheena Watt
- NoSonja Terpstra
- NoTom McIntosh
LiberalAll yes11 yes · 0 no
11 members
- YesAnn-Marie Hermans
- YesBev McArthur
- YesDavid Davis
- YesEvan Mulholland
- YesGeorgie Crozier
- YesJoe McCracken
- YesNick McGowan
- YesRenee Heath
- YesRichard Welch
- YesTrung Luu
- YesWendy Lovell
GreensAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesAiv Puglielli
- YesKatherine Copsey
- YesSarah Mansfield
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid EttershankLegalise Cannabis
- YesRachel PayneLegalise Cannabis
- YesGeorgie PurcellAnimal Justice Party
- YesMoira DeemingFamily First
- YesDavid LimbrickLibertarian Party
- YesMelina BathNationals
- YesRikkie-Lee TyrrellOne Nation
- YesSamantha RatnamParty not recorded
- NoJeff 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.