Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 5 March 2026 · Energy
Energy and Other Legislation Amendment (Resilience Reforms and Other Matters) Bill 2026: instruction to committee
Voting yes supported instructing the committee to consider a new clause in the Energy and Other Legislation Amendment (Resilience Reforms and Other Matters) Bill 2026 requiring electricity retailers to itemise on customers' first yearly bill the share of charges linked to Traditional Owners Fund payments.
The question put
That it be an instruction to the committee that they have power to consider amendments and a new clause to amend the Electricity Industry Act 2000 to impose on electricity retailers, by statutory licence condition, a requirement to itemise on the first electricity bill of a customer issued in a calendar year, the proportion of that customer’s charges (and the amount of that proportion) referrable to amounts paid by a transmission company to VicGrid for payment into the Traditional Owners Fund, or to traditional owners or certain traditional owner entities, that the transmission company recovers through its charges.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 15 no
- LiberalAll yes11 yes · 0 no
11 members
- GreensAll yes4 yes · 0 no
4 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid EttershankLegalise Cannabis
- YesRachel PayneLegalise Cannabis
- YesGaelle BroadNationals
- YesMelina BathNationals
- YesGeorgie PurcellAnimal Justice Party
- YesMoira DeemingFamily First
- YesDavid LimbrickLibertarian Party
- YesRikkie-Lee TyrrellOne Nation
- YesJeff 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.