Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 18 February 2025 · First Peoples

Inquiries Amendment (Yoorrook Justice Commission Records and Other Matters) Bill 2024: second reading

Voting yes supported the Inquiries Amendment (Yoorrook Justice Commission Records and Other Matters) Bill 2024 passing its second reading, which agrees with the bill's main idea and urges the government to progress related changes on how Yoorrook records are stored, accessed and used.

Passed21 yes 15 no

The question put

That the government urgently progress the necessary legislative changes to enable the implementation of First Peoples’ choices about how the information they provide to Yoorrook is to be stored, accessed and used in the future.

How each party voted

LaborAll yes14 yes · 0 no
14 members
- 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 no0 yes · 11 no
11 members
- NoAnn-Marie Hermans
- NoBev McArthur
- NoDavid Davis
- NoEvan Mulholland
- NoGeorgie Crozier
- NoJoe McCracken
- NoNick McGowan
- NoRenee Heath
- NoRichard Welch
- NoTrung Luu
- NoWendy Lovell
GreensAll yes4 yes · 0 no
4 members
- YesAiv Puglielli
- YesAnasina Gray-Barberio
- YesKatherine Copsey
- YesSarah Mansfield
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid EttershankLegalise Cannabis
- YesRachel PayneLegalise Cannabis
- NoGaelle BroadNationals
- NoMelina BathNationals
- YesGeorgie PurcellAnimal Justice Party
- NoDavid LimbrickLibertarian Party
- NoRikkie-Lee TyrrellOne Nation

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.