--- title: "Ombudsman referral: motions (Victorian Legislative Council, 19 June 2024) | Politics Computer" description: "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. Passed 34 to 3 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 19 June 2024. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-06-19/1" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Victorian Legislative Council](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 19 June 2024 · [Housing](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council?topic=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. Passed **34** 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 - Labor All yes 14 yes · 0 no 14 members - Yes [Enver Erdogan](https://politics.computer/mp/enver-erdogan) - Yes [Harriet Shing](https://politics.computer/mp/harriet-shing) - Yes [Ingrid Stitt](https://politics.computer/mp/ingrid-stitt) - Yes [Jacinta Ermacora](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-ermacora) - Yes [Jaclyn Symes](https://politics.computer/mp/jaclyn-symes) - Yes [John Berger](https://politics.computer/mp/john-berger) - Yes [Lee Tarlamis](https://politics.computer/mp/lee-tarlamis) - Yes [Lizzie Blandthorn](https://politics.computer/mp/lizzie-blandthorn) - Yes [Michael Galea](https://politics.computer/mp/michael-galea) - Yes [Ryan Batchelor](https://politics.computer/mp/ryan-batchelor) - Yes [Shaun Leane](https://politics.computer/mp/shaun-leane) - Yes [Sheena Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/sheena-watt) - Yes [Sonja Terpstra](https://politics.computer/mp/sonja-terpstra) - Yes [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 - No [Moira Deeming](https://politics.computer/mp/moira-deeming) Family First - No [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. 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