--- title: "Workplace drug testing: motions (Victorian Legislative Council, 30 July 2025) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported a motion noting the Legal and Social Issues Committee's findings and recommendations on workplace drug testing, including concerns about people taking prescribed medications such as medicinal cannabis. Passed 20 to 13 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 30 July 2025. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2025-07-30/1" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Victorian Legislative Council](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 30 July 2025 # Workplace drug testing: motions Voting yes supported a motion noting the Legal and Social Issues Committee's findings and recommendations on workplace drug testing, including concerns about people taking prescribed medications such as medicinal cannabis. Passed **20** yes **13** no The question put That this house notes that: (1) the current workplace drug-testing regime discriminates against people who take prescribed medications, including medicinal cannabis; (2) the Legal and Social Issues Standing Committee’s inquiry into workplace drug testing in Victoria examined the legislative and regulatory framework for alcohol and other drug (AOD) testing in workplaces and found that: (a) existing AOD testing methods largely focus on testing for presence rather than impairment, making them ineffective in preventing risks to workplace health and safety; (b) under the current testing regime, unimpaired employees face the risk of disciplinary action, including loss of employment, for taking a prescribed medication such as medicinal cannabis; (c) Victoria’s current laws governing AOD testing are outdated, inconsistent and result in uncertainty for both employers and employees; (3) the inquiry recommended that: (a) drug testing should only be undertaken in the context of a comprehensive AOD policy and support framework, developed between employees, unions and employers within a workplace relations context; (b) the government amend: (i) the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 to regu ## How each party voted - Labor All yes 13 yes · 0 no 13 members - Yes [Gayle Tierney](https://politics.computer/mp/gayle-tierney) - Yes [Harriet Shing](https://politics.computer/mp/harriet-shing) - Yes [Ingrid Stitt](https://politics.computer/mp/ingrid-stitt) - Yes [Jacinta Ermacora](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-ermacora) - Yes [John Berger](https://politics.computer/mp/john-berger) - Yes [Lee Tarlamis](https://politics.computer/mp/lee-tarlamis) - Yes [Lizzie Blandthorn](https://politics.computer/mp/lizzie-blandthorn) - Yes [Michael Galea](https://politics.computer/mp/michael-galea) - Yes [Ryan Batchelor](https://politics.computer/mp/ryan-batchelor) - Yes [Shaun Leane](https://politics.computer/mp/shaun-leane) - Yes [Sheena Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/sheena-watt) - Yes [Sonja Terpstra](https://politics.computer/mp/sonja-terpstra) - Yes [Tom McIntosh](https://politics.computer/mp/tom-mcintosh) - Liberal All no 0 yes · 9 no 9 members - No [Ann-Marie Hermans](https://politics.computer/mp/ann-marie-hermans) - No [David Davis](https://politics.computer/mp/david-davis) - No [Georgie Crozier](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-crozier) - No [Joe McCracken](https://politics.computer/mp/joe-mccracken) - No [Nick McGowan](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mcgowan) - No [Renee Heath](https://politics.computer/mp/renee-heath) - No [Richard Welch](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-welch) - No [Trung Luu](https://politics.computer/mp/trung-luu) - No [Wendy Lovell](https://politics.computer/mp/wendy-lovell) - Greens All yes 4 yes · 0 no 4 members - Yes [Aiv Puglielli](https://politics.computer/mp/aiv-puglielli) - Yes [Anasina Gray-Barberio](https://politics.computer/mp/anasina-gray-barberio) - Yes [Katherine Copsey](https://politics.computer/mp/katherine-copsey) - Yes [Sarah Mansfield](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-mansfield) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes [David Ettershank](https://politics.computer/mp/david-ettershank) Legalise Cannabis - Yes [Rachel Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/rachel-payne) Legalise Cannabis - No [Gaelle Broad](https://politics.computer/mp/gaelle-broad) Nationals - No [Melina Bath](https://politics.computer/mp/melina-bath) Nationals - Yes [Georgie Purcell](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-purcell) Animal Justice Party - No [Moira Deeming](https://politics.computer/mp/moira-deeming) Family First - No [Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/rikkie-lee-tyrrell) One 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. [All Victorian Legislative Council votes](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Victoria](https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/parliamentary-activity/hansard/hansard-details/HANSARD-974425065-31566#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. 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