Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 19 June 2024 · Housing

Ombudsman referral: motions

Voting yes supported the house referring the Kensington Banks and Rivervue flood-overlay concerns to the Ombudsman, which is a motion about investigating how flood risk classifications were handled.

Passed34 yes 3 no

The question put

That this house: (1) notes that: (a) Kensington Banks is a recent development advertised as being above the flood risk zone and is not currently subject to a land subject to inundation overlay (LSIO); (b) recent flood remodelling by Melbourne Water reclassified over 900 homes in Kensington Banks as a flood risk in 2024, resulting in financial burden and risk for residents who purchased homes in good faith, based on government advice about flood risk; (c) the Rivervue retirement development in Avondale Heights was inundated during the 2022 floods and the LSIO was moved during the development process …

How each party voted

LaborAll yes14 yes · 0 no
14 members
- YesEnver Erdogan
- YesHarriet Shing
- YesIngrid Stitt
- YesJacinta Ermacora
- YesJaclyn Symes
- YesJohn Berger
- YesLee Tarlamis
- YesLizzie Blandthorn
- YesMichael Galea
- YesRyan Batchelor
- YesShaun Leane
- YesSheena Watt
- YesSonja Terpstra
- YesTom 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
- NoMoira DeemingFamily First
- NoDavid 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.