Sourced positions
Each position is the member's own stated view or vote, supported by the listed sources. The badge says what kind of source backs it — official record (Hansard, a parliament, a government or an electoral commission), own statement (their own site or their party's), news report (journalism or a third-party organisation) or encyclopedia. That is a statement about the evidence, not about how much we believe it. This page records public statements and conduct only — see methodology.
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Economy & tax recorded votes
Votes on record · 1
- –Short Stay Levy Bill 2026Imposes a 5 per cent levy on short-stay accommodation booked through an online booking platform for stays of under 28 days, paid by the platform. Hotels, motels, caravan parks, hostels, bed and breakfasts, direct bookings and a room let in the owner's own home are excluded. The Treasurer said the revenue would help fund assistance for first home buyers.7 May 2026 ↗
Abortion & reproductive policy news report
Stated position: During the 2013 Lower House debate on abortion (Hansard, 16 April 2013), Liberal MP Jacquie Petrusma stated "An abortion is not the termination of just one life" and drew on her own experience of being pregnant while young, not married and still completing her training as a registered nurse. (Source is the advocacy group Australian Christian Lobby.)
Voluntary assisted dying official record
Recorded vote: in the House of Assembly division on the second reading of the End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2020 on 4 December 2020, Jacquie Petrusma (listed as 'Mrs Petrusma') voted Noe, against. The bill passed 17 Ayes to 7 Noes.
Religious freedom news report
Petrusma spoke in the House of Assembly in 2013 in favour of preserving the lives of unborn babies during debate on abortion law reform, according to an Australian Christian Lobby profile. Stated position.
Drugs & law and order recorded votes
Votes on record · 1
- ✓Sentencing Amendment (Publication of Criminal Activity) Bill 2026Makes it an aggravating factor at sentencing that the offender published, or caused to be published, statements, images or video about the offence or a victim ("posting and boasting"), where a reasonable person would think it likely to humiliate, intimidate or victimise a victim, or it was done to gain notoriety, boast about or glorify the offence, or encourage others to commit it. It is to be reviewed after five years.1 Sep 2026 ↗
Integrity & anti-corruption recorded votes
Votes on record · 1
- ✓Public Accounts Committee Amendment Bill 2025Enlarges Parliament's Public Accounts Committee from six members to eight, four from each House, requires the House of Assembly's members to include at least one from every party with three or more members in the House, and raises the quorum from four to six.23 Sep 2025 ↗
Housing & planning recorded votes
Votes on record · 2
- –Short Stay Levy Bill 2026Imposes a 5 per cent levy on short-stay accommodation booked through an online booking platform for stays of under 28 days, paid by the platform. Hotels, motels, caravan parks, hostels, bed and breakfasts, direct bookings and a room let in the owner's own home are excluded. The Treasurer said the revenue would help fund assistance for first home buyers.7 May 2026 ↗
- –University of Tasmania (Protection of Land) Bill 2025Stops the University of Tasmania disposing of land at its Sandy Bay campus without the approval of both Houses of Parliament. The land above Churchill Avenue is left out of that protection and rezoned from Particular Purpose Zone 3 to Inner Residential, so the university can keep a STEM precinct at Sandy Bay without a council rezoning.3 Dec 2025 ↗
Education recorded votes
Votes on record · 1
- –University of Tasmania (Protection of Land) Bill 2025Stops the University of Tasmania disposing of land at its Sandy Bay campus without the approval of both Houses of Parliament. The land above Churchill Avenue is left out of that protection and rezoned from Particular Purpose Zone 3 to Inner Residential, so the university can keep a STEM precinct at Sandy Bay without a council rezoning.3 Dec 2025 ↗
Votes are shown as the official record lists them — Hansard federally and in New South Wales; Votes and Proceedings, Minutes of the Proceedings and Hansard in Victoria; the Record of Proceedings in Queensland; the Votes and Proceedings and Minutes of Proceedings in Western Australia; the Votes and Proceedings (House of Assembly) and Hansard (Legislative Council) in South Australia; the Votes and Proceedings of both chambers in Tasmania. "Did not vote" means the member held the seat that day and is on neither list — the record says who was in the chamber, not why, so it is never an abstention. Western Australia’s record prints no pairs, so a member paired there shows as did not vote. Nothing is shown for a presiding officer who by law gives only a casting vote (the Speaker and the President in South Australia, the President in Tasmania), nor for the member presiding at a Tasmanian division, which Tasmania’s journals record. Which bills sit under which issue is an editorial choice, made bill by bill with a reason read from the second-reading speech. A bill decided by an earlier parliament (Queensland’s 2018 abortion law reform, for one) is shown with that parliament named, read from the official record of the day. For Queensland and the federal parliament “did not vote” there means the member held a seat that day, as their service is recorded; for the other earlier parliaments the record of who held a seat could not be read, so only the printed Aye, No and paired votes are shown.
Record last updated 2026-10-10.