--- title: "Environment and Planning Committee: reference (Victorian Legislative Council, 28 August 2024) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported referring the oil and gas infrastructure decommissioning matter to the Environment and Planning Committee for inquiry and a report by June 2026, covering ownership, costs, regulation and employment. Defeated 16 to 22 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 28 August 2024. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-08-28/1" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Victorian Legislative Council](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 28 August 2024 # Environment and Planning Committee: reference Voting yes supported referring the oil and gas infrastructure decommissioning matter to the Environment and Planning Committee for inquiry and a report by June 2026, covering ownership, costs, regulation and employment. Defeated **16** yes **22** no The question put That this house: (1) notes that: (a) extensive systems of ageing and retired oil and gas infrastructure exists across Victoria and its coast, risking significant methane leakage; (b) the financial liability for decommissioning oil and gas infrastructure may fall to the Victorian taxpayer; (2) requires that the Environment and Planning Committee inquire into, consider and report, by June 2026, on: (a) the scale and legal ownership structure of Victoria’s oil and gas infrastructure, including offshore wells, pipelines, high-pressure transmission and low-pressure distribution systems, and relevant projects in Commonwealth waters; (b) the scale and nature of oil and gas infrastructure requiring decommissioning over the coming decades, including onshore works and works in Commonwealth and Victorian waters; (c) the regulatory powers of the Victorian government to ensure oil and gas companies deliver planned and timely infrastructure decommissioning; (d) any actions the Victorian government can take to ensure oil and gas companies provide sufficiently to cover decommissioning costs; (e) opportunities for employment in decommissioning; (f) opportunities for traditional owner acknowledgemen ## How each party voted - Labor All no 0 yes · 15 no 15 members - No [Enver Erdogan](https://politics.computer/mp/enver-erdogan) - No [Gayle Tierney](https://politics.computer/mp/gayle-tierney) - 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 - Yes [Gaelle Broad](https://politics.computer/mp/gaelle-broad) Nationals - Yes [Melina Bath](https://politics.computer/mp/melina-bath) Nationals - No [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 [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. 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