Votes · 21 October 2025
Drugs of dependence—recriminalisation
A Liberal motion calling on the government to undo the 2023 decriminalisation of small amounts of hard drugs. It was voted down. (Hansard does not print the exact question.) (our summary; the question as recorded is below)
Question as recorded: (The question put is not printed in Hansard.)
Question resolved in the negative. Ayes 6, Noes 13.
Ayes (6)
- Deborah MorrisCanberra Liberals
- Elizabeth LeeCanberra Liberals
- James MilliganCanberra Liberals
- Jeremy HansonCanberra Liberals
- Mark PartonCanberra Liberals
- Peter CainCanberra Liberals
Noes (13)
- Andrew BarrLabor
- Andrew BraddockACT Greens
- Caitlin ToughLabor
- Fiona CarrickIndependent
- Jo ClayACT Greens
- Laura NuttallACT Greens
- Michael PetterssonLabor
- Rachel Stephen-SmithLabor
- Shane RattenburyACT Greens
- Suzanne OrrLabor
- Taimus Werner-GibbingsLabor
- 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.
- Tougher crime lawsReview in progress
Voting Aye would count (review in progress) as for “Make criminal laws tougher and give police more powers”. It called for drug possession to be a crime again.
Source
Hansard, 2025-10-21, p. 3262 (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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