--- title: "Environment and Planning Committee: reference (Victorian Legislative Council, 4 February 2026) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported the Environment and Planning Committee inquiring into and reporting by 1 June 2026 on the 2026 summer fires across Victoria, including preparation, causes, emergency responses, and community recovery. Passed 21 to 15 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 4 February 2026. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2026-02-04/2" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Victorian Legislative Council](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 4 February 2026 # Environment and Planning Committee: reference Voting yes supported the Environment and Planning Committee inquiring into and reporting by 1 June 2026 on the 2026 summer fires across Victoria, including preparation, causes, emergency responses, and community recovery. Passed **21** yes **15** no The question put That this house requires the Environment and Planning Committee to inquire into, consider and report, by 1 June 2026, on the 2026 summer fires across Victoria, including but not limited to: (1) the preparation and planning by government, emergency services agencies and the community ahead of the fire season, including management of public and private land and roadsides; (2) the causes and circumstances of the bushfires, including climate change and the adequacy of the government’s climate policies and actions, forecasts, warnings and public education on bushfire threats; (3) funding, equipment and appliances for the Country Fire Authority (CFA), Fire Rescue Victoria and Forest Fire Management Victoria, and recruitment and retention of CFA volunteers; (4) the emergency responses to control and contain the fires, including adequacy of resources and communications; (5) resilience of critical services and infrastructure such as electricity, water and telecommunications during and after the fires; (6) the impact on the community, business and agriculture and efforts to aid in recovery; (7) the impact on the environment, including native wildlife, and any measures to better protect nativ ## How each party voted - Labor All yes 14 yes · 0 no 14 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 [Tom McIntosh](https://politics.computer/mp/tom-mcintosh) - Liberal All no 0 yes · 10 no 10 members - 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 - 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 - Yes [Rachel Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/rachel-payne) Legalise Cannabis - Yes [David Limbrick](https://politics.computer/mp/david-limbrick) Libertarian Party - 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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