---
title: "Energy policy: motions (Victorian Legislative Council, 30 October 2024) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported a motion noting the government's mismanagement of the Victorian Energy Upgrades program and condemning the Minister for Energy and Resources. The motion was defeated. Defeated 16 to 22 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 30 October 2024. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-10-30/1"
---

[Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Victorian Legislative Council](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council)

Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 30 October 2024 · [Energy](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council?topic=energy) 

# Energy policy: motions

Voting yes supported a motion noting the government's mismanagement of the Victorian Energy Upgrades program and condemning the Minister for Energy and Resources. The motion was defeated.

Defeated **16** yes **22** no 

The question put

That this house: (1) notes the government’s mismanagement of its Victorian energy upgrade program, which has seen: (a) Victorians paying up to three times more for a tonne of carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere under the state’s program compared with other equivalent schemes in other Australian jurisdictions; (b) the total cost impact of the Victorian program on industry and consumers likely to hit $652 million in 2024, representing a 30 per cent increase over just 12 months and a rise from $88 million a decade ago; (c) the Victorian energy efficiency certificate become the most expensive in the country, at $108.50 in October 2024; (d) Victorian households pay $188 per annum per household using 6000 kilowatt hours of electricity per annum in green scheme bill payments, non-transparently incorporated in the energy bills of Victorian consumers; (e) the Victorian government deliver multiple refrigerators to the premises of individual small businesses as part of a rort; (f) the Victorian scheme placed under review; and (2) condemns the Minister for Energy and Resources for her waste, incompetence and the additional load she has thoughtlessly placed on Victorian families during a

## 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. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.

[All Victorian Legislative Council votes](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) [Next Vote 2 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-10-30/2) 

Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Victoria](https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/parliamentary-activity/hansard/hansard-details/HANSARD-974425065-28613#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.

---

[Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) 

A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too.

Explore

[Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) [Federal divisions](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) [Senators](https://politics.computer/mps/senate) [Parties](https://politics.computer/parties) 

Victoria 2026

[The race](https://politics.computer/victoria) [Promises](https://politics.computer/promises) [Which party matches you?](https://politics.computer/quiz) 

Data

[Every ad](https://politics.computer/ads) [Who's spending](https://politics.computer/who) [How MPs voted](https://politics.computer/votes) [Search](https://politics.computer/search) [How this works](https://politics.computer/about) [API and MCP](https://politics.computer/developers)

For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://politics.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://politics.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://politics.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.
