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title: "Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Bill 2024: second reading (Victorian Legislative Council, 20 June 2024) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported withdrawing the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Bill 2024 and not reintroducing it until those losing income from the native timber closure receive fair compensation. Defeated 14 to 22 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 20 June 2024. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-06-20/3"
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Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 20 June 2024 · [Other](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council?topic=other) 

# Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Bill 2024: second reading

Voting yes supported withdrawing the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Bill 2024 and not reintroducing it until those losing income from the native timber closure receive fair compensation.

Defeated **14** yes **22** no 

The question put

That all the words after ‘That’ be omitted and replaced with ‘the bill be withdrawn and not reintroduced until fair compensation for loss of income is received by all those impacted by the Labor government’s early closure of the sustainable native timber industry.’

## 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 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

  - No [David Ettershank](https://politics.computer/mp/david-ettershank) Legalise Cannabis
  - No [Rachel Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/rachel-payne) Legalise Cannabis
  - No [Georgie Purcell](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-purcell) Animal Justice Party
  - Yes [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
  - 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 2 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-06-20/2) [All Victorian Legislative Council votes](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) [Next Vote 4 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-06-20/4) 

Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Victoria](https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/parliamentary-activity/hansard/hansard-details/HANSARD-974425065-27168#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.

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