Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 12 September 2024 · Energy

Constitution Amendment (SEC) Bill 2023: instruction to committee

Voting yes supported instructing the committee that it may consider amendments to the Constitution Act 1975 to prohibit construction of fossil fuel facilities in Victoria and to constrain Parliament's power to repeal or alter those provisions.

Passed37 yes 1 no

The question put

That it be an instruction to the committee that they have the power to consider amendments to the Constitution Act 1975: (a) to prohibit the construction of fossil fuel facilities in Victoria; and (b) to constrain the power of the Parliament to make laws repealing, altering or varying the provisions of the Constitution Act 1975 relating to the matters set out in paragraph (a).

How each party voted

LaborAll yes15 yes · 0 no
15 members
- YesEnver Erdogan
- YesGayle Tierney
- 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
- YesGaelle BroadNationals
- YesMelina BathNationals
- YesGeorgie PurcellAnimal Justice Party
- YesMoira DeemingFamily First
- YesDavid LimbrickLibertarian Party
- 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.