Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 26 August 2025 · Crime and safety

Bail Further Amendment Bill 2025: second reading

Voting yes supported replacing the second reading with a motion to withdraw the Bail Further Amendment Bill 2025 until the government commits to changes on human rights and incarceration of vulnerable groups.

Defeated7 yes 28 no

The question put

That all the words after ‘That’ be omitted and replaced with ‘the bill be withdrawn and not reintroduced until the government commits to changes to the bill so that it: 1. does not exacerbate the risk of human rights abuses; and 2. does not result in disproportionate incarceration of vulnerable groups, including women and First Nations peoples, leading to deaths in custody.’

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 13 no
13 members
- NoEnver Erdogan
- NoGayle Tierney
- NoIngrid Stitt
- NoJacinta Ermacora
- NoJaclyn Symes
- NoJohn Berger
- NoLee Tarlamis
- NoLizzie Blandthorn
- NoMichael Galea
- NoRyan Batchelor
- NoShaun Leane
- NoSonja Terpstra
- NoTom McIntosh
LiberalAll no0 yes · 9 no
9 members
- NoAnn-Marie Hermans
- NoBev McArthur
- NoDavid Davis
- NoGeorgie Crozier
- NoJoe McCracken
- NoNick McGowan
- NoRenee Heath
- 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
- NoMoira DeemingFamily First
- NoDavid LimbrickLibertarian Party
- NoRikkie-Lee TyrrellOne Nation
- 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.