Votes · 8 April 2025

Planning (Ainslie Volcanics) Amendment Bill 2025

Bill: agreed in principle. The vote on whether a bill should go ahead at all, before its details are considered.The vote on whether a bill should go ahead at all, before its details are considered.

A Greens bill to protect bushland at the Ainslie Volcanics site from a planned phone tower. It was voted down at the first stage. (plain-English summary, AI draft not yet checked)

Question as recorded: That this bill be agreed to in principle.

Question resolved in the negative. Ayes 6, Noes 17. Not yet checked

LaborACT GreensIndependents for CanberraFiona Carrick IndependentCanberra Liberals

Ayes

Noes

Ayes (6)

Andrew BraddockACT Greens
Fiona CarrickFiona Carrick Independent
Jo ClayACT Greens
Laura NuttallACT Greens
Shane RattenburyACT Greens
Thomas EmersonIndependents for Canberra

Noes (17)

Andrew BarrLabor
Caitlin ToughLabor
Chiaka BarryCanberra Liberals
Chris SteelLabor
Deborah MorrisCanberra Liberals
Ed CocksCanberra Liberals
James MilliganCanberra Liberals
Jeremy HansonCanberra Liberals
Leanne CastleyCanberra Liberals
Marisa PatersonLabor
Mark PartonCanberra Liberals
Michael PetterssonLabor
Peter CainCanberra Liberals
Rachel Stephen-SmithLabor
Suzanne OrrLabor
Taimus Werner-GibbingsLabor
Tara CheyneLabor

Issues this vote is grouped under

Grouping a vote under an issue is our interpretation, not part of the official record.

Trees, bushland and lakesInterpretation under review
Voting Aye would count (proposed, not yet checked) as for “Add protections or funding for trees, bushland and lakes beyond current rules”. The bill aimed to protect the site's bushland.

Source

Hansard, 2025-04-08, p. 983, #mr-rattenbury-6 (ACT Legislative Assembly)

Names are as recorded in the source. Group is the member’s ballot group at their last election. Members not listed have no recorded vote in this division; that doesn’t mean they abstained.

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