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 · 3
- ✗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.3 Sep 2026 ↗9 Sep 2026 ↗
- ⇄Budget Accountability and Oversight Committee Bill 2025A private member's bill from Ruth Forrest (Independent, Murchison) that would set up a standing parliamentary committee on budget accountability and oversight. It would scrutinise budget papers, forward estimates and fiscal strategies, and could recommend targets for the sustainability of public-sector finances and net debt that the Treasurer would have to have regard to. The Auditor-General could report whether the targets were met, and the government would have to respond to the committee's reports within three months.4 Nov 2025 ↗
Workplace & industrial relations recorded votes
Votes on record · 1
- ✓Statutory Holidays Amendment Bill 2026A private member's bill, presented by Janie Finlay and moved by Opposition Leader Josh Willie (both Labor), that makes Easter Sunday a public holiday in Tasmania. Workers who would ordinarily work that day get a paid day off, or public holiday penalty rates if they work.18 Aug 2026 ↗
Drugs & law and order recorded votes
Votes on record · 1
- ✓Police Offences Amendment (Increased Penalties for Damage to Tasmanian War Memorials) Bill 2026A private member's bill from Michael Ferguson (Liberal, Bass) that sets a minimum fine of 25 penalty units for interfering with a war memorial and raises the maximum to 500 penalty units or seven years' imprisonment. Where reasonable, the court is to order community service in the community where the offence happened, and offenders must pay for repairs.13 Aug 2026 ↗
Integrity & anti-corruption recorded votes
Votes on record · 2
- ✓Local Government Amendment (Targeted Reform) Bill 2026Cuts the number of councillors by 50 to 213 statewide (nine on the five largest councils, seven on the rest) under a new allowance structure reviewed every four years. The Director of Local Government can refer serious councillor misconduct to the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, which can dismiss a councillor and disqualify them for up to seven years. The minister can appoint temporary advisers to a council, and councillors must complete training in their first year.25 Jun 2026 ↗
- ⇄Budget Accountability and Oversight Committee Bill 2025A private member's bill from Ruth Forrest (Independent, Murchison) that would set up a standing parliamentary committee on budget accountability and oversight. It would scrutinise budget papers, forward estimates and fiscal strategies, and could recommend targets for the sustainability of public-sector finances and net debt that the Treasurer would have to have regard to. The Auditor-General could report whether the targets were met, and the government would have to respond to the committee's reports within three months.4 Nov 2025 ↗
Housing & planning recorded votes
Votes on record · 5
- ✗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.3 Sep 2026 ↗9 Sep 2026 ↗
- ✗Building Amendment Bill 2026Ends the automatic adoption in Tasmania of each new edition of the National Construction Code, so that regulations can delay, vary or not implement future editions, and freezes the adoption of the 2025 edition, a government commitment at the 2025 election.20 May 2026 ↗21 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.15 Apr 2026 ↗
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.15 Apr 2026 ↗
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 2026-10-03.