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title: "Local Government Amendment (Governance and Integrity) Bill 2024: instruction to committee (Victorian Legislative Council, 18 June 2024) | Politics Computer"
description: "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. Passed 22 to 15 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 18 June 2024. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-06-18/2"
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Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 18 June 2024 · [Integrity and democracy](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council?topic=integrity%5Fdemocracy) 

# 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.

Passed **22** 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

- Labor All no 0 yes · 14 no  
14 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 [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 [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 11 yes · 0 no  
11 members

  - Yes [Ann-Marie Hermans](https://politics.computer/mp/ann-marie-hermans)
  - 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 [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 yes 3 yes · 0 no  
3 members

  - Yes [Aiv Puglielli](https://politics.computer/mp/aiv-puglielli)
  - Yes [Katherine Copsey](https://politics.computer/mp/katherine-copsey)
  - Yes [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 [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 [Melina Bath](https://politics.computer/mp/melina-bath) Nationals
  - Yes [Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/rikkie-lee-tyrrell) One Nation
  - Yes [Samantha Ratnam](https://politics.computer/mp/samantha-ratnam) Party not recorded
  - No [Jeff Bourman](https://politics.computer/mp/jeffrey-bourman) Shooters, 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.

[Previous Vote 1 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-06-18/1) [All Victorian Legislative Council votes](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) [Next Vote 3 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-06-18/3) 

Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Victoria](https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/parliamentary-activity/hansard/hansard-details/HANSARD-974425065-26994#division-marker-2). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.

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