Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 13 August 2025 · Crime and safety

Crime

Voting yes supported a motion noting rising aggravated burglary and assault reports in Victoria and calling on the Attorney-General to request a Victorian Law Reform Commission review of self-defence laws, especially for defending one's home.

Defeated17 yes 18 no

The question put

That this house: (1) notes: (a) the steady increase in the number of reported incidents of aggravated burglary and assault in Victoria since 2018, with a significant increase in the past year; (b) a lack of clear understanding of what protections are afforded to Victorian home owners when defending their home against criminals; (c) Victoria’s self-defence laws have not been reviewed since 2013; (2) calls on the Attorney-General to: (a) request that the Victorian Law Reform Commission review the operation and suitability of self-defence laws in Victoria, in particular the application of self-defence laws to protect people in their own homes, including those under the Crimes Act 1958, the Jury Directions Act 2015, the Evidence Act 2008, and the Sentencing Act 1992; and (b) consider the approach to self-defence laws in the United Kingdom, including section 76 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (UK).

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 13 no
13 members
- NoGayle Tierney
- NoIngrid Stitt
- NoJacinta Ermacora
- NoJaclyn Symes
- NoJohn Berger
- NoLee Tarlamis
- NoLizzie Blandthorn
- NoMichael Galea
- NoRyan Batchelor
- NoShaun Leane
- NoSheena Watt
- NoSonja Terpstra
- NoTom McIntosh
LiberalAll yes10 yes · 0 no
10 members
- YesAnn-Marie Hermans
- YesBev McArthur
- YesDavid Davis
- YesGeorgie Crozier
- YesJoe McCracken
- YesNick McGowan
- YesRenee Heath
- YesRichard Welch
- YesTrung Luu
- YesWendy Lovell
GreensAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid EttershankLegalise Cannabis
- YesRachel PayneLegalise Cannabis
- YesGaelle BroadNationals
- YesMelina BathNationals
- NoGeorgie PurcellAnimal Justice Party
- YesAdem SomyurekIndependent
- YesDavid LimbrickLibertarian Party
- YesRikkie-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.