Votes · 8 May 2025
Urban Forest (Approval Criteria) Determination 2025 (No 1)—disallowable instrument 2025-16—amendment
A Greens motion to change the rules on when trees can be removed, so that a tree being dead or in a bad spot is not enough on its own. It was voted down. (our summary; the question as recorded is below)
Question as recorded: That the motion be agreed to.
Question resolved in the negative. Ayes 4, Noes 20.
Ayes (4)
- Andrew BraddockACT Greens
- Jo ClayACT Greens
- Laura NuttallACT Greens
- Shane RattenburyACT Greens
Noes (20)
- Andrew BarrLabor
- Caitlin ToughLabor
- Chiaka BarryCanberra Liberals
- Chris SteelLabor
- Ed CocksCanberra Liberals
- Elizabeth LeeCanberra Liberals
- Fiona CarrickIndependent
- 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
- Thomas EmersonIndependent
- Yvette BerryLabor
Issues this vote is grouped under
Grouping a vote under an issue is our interpretation, not part of the official record.
- Trees, bushland and lakesReview in progress
Voting Aye would count (review in progress) as for “Add protections or funding for trees, bushland and lakes beyond current rules”. It would have made it harder to remove trees.
Source
Hansard, 2025-05-08, p. 1448, #mr-braddock-2 (ACT Legislative Assembly)
Names are as recorded in the source. Group is the member’s ballot group at their last election, or the name they now sit under where that has changed. Members not listed have no recorded vote in this division; that doesn’t mean they abstained.
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