--- title: "North Richmond medically supervised injecting room: motions (Victorian Legislative Council, 3 December 2025) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported a motion backing the North Richmond medically supervised injecting room and its overdose prevention and support services, and affirming that drug harm reduction locations should be based on evidence. Passed 22 to 16 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 3 December 2025. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2025-12-03/1" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Victorian Legislative Council](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 3 December 2025 · [Health](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council?topic=health) # North Richmond medically supervised injecting room: motions Voting yes supported a motion backing the North Richmond medically supervised injecting room and its overdose prevention and support services, and affirming that drug harm reduction locations should be based on evidence. Passed **22** yes **16** no The question put That this house: (1) expresses its strong support for the North Richmond medically supervised injecting room (MSIR) and the life-saving services that they provide in preventing overdose deaths and in offering wraparound support and pathways to recovery; (2) notes that: (a) over 11,000 overdoses have been safely managed in the North Richmond MSIR with not a single fatality; (b) there have been over 600,000 visits to the service since it opened in 2018 with wraparound health and social supports offered to many vulnerable Victorians; (c) prior to the opening of the MSIR, North Richmond had one of the highest overdose fatality rates in Victoria; (d) the MSIR offers evidence-based and human-focused harm reduction health care that acknowledges that drug use is a health issue; and (3) affirms that drug harm reduction services should be targeted where there is the greatest need, and decisions on location should be based on evidence not politics. ## How each party voted - Labor All yes 15 yes · 0 no 15 members - Yes [Enver Erdogan](https://politics.computer/mp/enver-erdogan) - 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 [Jaclyn Symes](https://politics.computer/mp/jaclyn-symes) - 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 · 11 no 11 members - No [Ann-Marie Hermans](https://politics.computer/mp/ann-marie-hermans) - No [Bev McArthur](https://politics.computer/mp/bev-mcarthur) - No [David Davis](https://politics.computer/mp/david-davis) - No [Evan Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/evan-mulholland) - 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 - No [Jeff Bourman](https://politics.computer/mp/jeffrey-bourman) Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. 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