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Portrait of Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell

Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell

Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party · Victoria · Victorian Legislative Council · Northern Victoria (VIC) · incumbent

Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell owned a dairy farm with her husband Aaron, a fifth-generation dairy producer, in the Murray-Goulburn region, working as a dairy farmer for 16 years prior to her election. Her family had previously lived in country New South Wales, where she worked in tourism and hospitality as well as a property manager in real estate. No details of her date of birth or formal education were found in the retrieved sources. [source]

One Nation's first member of the Victorian Parliament, elected to the Legislative Council for Northern Victoria on 26 November 2022. A farmer from the Shepparton district: in her inaugural speech she described buying a farm in 2018 as drought hit, struggling with soaring water prices, and entering politics to 'see water returned to the land'; she also recounted past volunteer service with rural fire crews. On 28-30 July 2026 she became One Nation's first announced Victorian candidate for the 28 November 2026 state election, again leading the party's upper house ticket for Northern Victoria; she told News24: 'You will have a One Nation representative that you can vote for in Victoria.' [source]

Sourced positions

A verified position is the member's own stated view or vote, supported by the listed sources. This page records public statements and conduct only — see methodology.

Immigration verified

As a state MLC she does not vote on federal migration law; recorded from her own words. In her February 2023 inaugural speech she explained her party's platform: 'When we say our policy is net zero immigration, many everyday Victorians assume that means none at all. No. It simply means that we wish to see that immigration numbers do not exceed the amount of those leaving Victoria. It is not about race or culture, it is about numbers. It is a resource policy.'

Voluntary assisted dying verified

Voted FOR the Voluntary Assisted Dying Amendment Bill 2025 at second reading (12 November 2025; AYES 26, NOES 14) and third reading (14 November 2025; AYES 26, NOES 14), and against a reasoned amendment to delay it. In debate she said 'One Nation Victoria will be supporting the Voluntary Assisted Dying Amendment Bill 2025' and that 'Voluntary assisted dying is not about giving up on life; it is about giving people the agency to make deeply personal decisions when death is near and suffering is intolerable.'

Gender & LGBTQ+ policy verified

Pauline Hanson's One Nation MLC for Northern Victoria. On 18 October 2023 she voted FOR Moira Deeming's motion for a parliamentary inquiry into 'medical affirmation treatment pathways for gender dysphoric children and adolescents' (defeated, AYES 16, NOES 21), and for David Limbrick's amendments adding detransitioner services and research (also defeated). On 1-2 April 2025 she voted NO at both readings of the Justice Legislation Amendment (Anti-vilification and Social Cohesion) Bill, which extended vilification protections to attributes including gender identity, sex characteristics and sexual orientation; her stated grounds were free speech and the will of her constituents.

Religious freedom verified

Opposed the Justice Legislation Amendment (Anti-vilification and Social Cohesion) Bill on free-speech grounds, voting NO at second and third reading (1-2 April 2025; AYES 22, NOES 17 both times). In debate she said 'The vague definition of vilification opens the door for potential misuse' and 'I will not be supporting this bill at this time in its current form.' In February 2026 she explained: 'I voted against that bill because it was contradictory, because it was restrictive to the freedom of speech we have enjoyed in this state since its establishment and because I ... listened to the will of my constituents, who overwhelmingly asked for that bill to be defeated in its form at that time.'

Freedom of speech verified

Voted NO at both readings of the Justice Legislation Amendment (Anti-vilification and Social Cohesion) Bill (1-2 April 2025), explaining in February 2026: 'I voted against that bill because it was contradictory, because it was restrictive to the freedom of speech we have enjoyed in this state since its establishment and because I ... listened to the will of my constituents.' In debate she argued 'The vague definition of vilification opens the door for potential misuse.' Separately, on 15 October 2025 she moved a motion calling on the government to criminalise desecration of the Australian and Victorian flags, a restriction on expressive conduct; it was defeated 17 to 23. Voted against the Justice Legislation Amendment (Anti-vilification and Social Cohesion) Bill 2024, which repealed the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 and expanded vilification protections (Legislative Council, second reading, 1 April 2025; Ayes 22, Noes 17). Voted for the Justice Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Bill 2025, which allows police to direct the removal of face coverings at protests and expands stop, search and move-on powers (Legislative Council, second reading, 2 December 2025; Ayes 30, Noes 8).

Drugs & law and order verified

Voted AGAINST the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Pill Testing) Bill 2024 at second and third reading (29 October 2024; AYES 23, NOES 16 both times). She made no Hansard speech on the bill.

Gambling & gaming reform verified

Voted against the second reading of the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation Repeal and Advisory Councils Bill 2024, which abolished the Foundation (Legislative Council, 20 June 2024; Ayes 23, Noes 13). Voted for the second reading of the Gambling Legislation Amendment (Pre-commitment and Carded Play) Bill 2024 (Legislative Council, 27 May 2025; Ayes 35, Noes 1). Voted for the third reading of the Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (Legislative Council, 17 June 2025; Ayes 22, Noes 14).

Hunting (duck & native birds) verified

Voted AGAINST establishing the Legislative Council's Select Committee on Victoria's Recreational Native Bird Hunting Arrangements (9 March 2023; AYES 20, NOES 15; the committee was established), and for an unsuccessful amendment extending its reporting date. She was not appointed to the committee, and the phrase 'duck hunting' does not appear in any of her own Hansard contributions. Voted against establishing the Legislative Council's Select Committee on Victoria's Recreational Native Bird Hunting Arrangements, on the motion to establish it (Legislative Council, 9 March 2023; Ayes 20, Noes 15). The committee was established and its majority report later recommended ending recreational native bird hunting. Voted for Jeff Bourman's motion on deer hunting (Legislative Council, 13 November 2024; Ayes 32, Noes 6; agreed to).

Native forest logging verified

Voted against the third reading of the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Bill 2024, which repealed the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004 following the cessation of native forest logging on 1 January 2024 (Legislative Council, 20 June 2024; Ayes 20, Noes 12).

First Nations & treaty verified

Voted AGAINST the Statewide Treaty Bill 2025 at second reading (28 October 2025; AYES 22, NOES 17) and third reading (30 October 2025; AYES 21, NOES 16). In debate she said 'One Nation Victoria will not be supporting this bill,' stating 'As I have stated in this place before, I am of Indigenous heritage on my father's side, but this never influenced the person I am today,' and arguing 'This bill risks creating two classes of citizens, one with special rights and influence and another without.' In her February 2023 inaugural speech she described herself as 'an Australian with over 60,000 years of this land's history running through my veins' who is 'not any more or any less Australian than anybody else.'

Energy verified

Voted AGAINST the National Electricity (Victoria) Amendment (VicGrid Stage 2 Reform) Bill 2025 at second and third reading (28 August 2025) and moved her own amendments to remove VicGrid officers' powers of entry onto private property. In debate she said 'At its heart, this bill strips away one of the most fundamental rights we have: the right to decide who enters our property and what is built upon it,' called the framework 'not cooperation; it is coercion,' and said 'Renewable energy is turning out to be one of the most unreliable and expensive forms of energy since electricity was invented,' citing an AEMO estimate that VNI West 'will likely be upwards of $11.4 billion.'

Environment & water verified

Her defining issue is water for northern Victorian irrigators. She has repeatedly attacked federal Murray-Darling buybacks ('Without water, farmers will walk off the land'), and on 17 June 2026 carried a motion, agreed without division, for an investigation into reclassifying spillable carryover water, noting 'Eighty-two per cent of the water recovered by the Murray-Darling Basin plan has come from the southern basin' and suggesting 'investigating the viability of removing speculators from the system.' On drought, her June 2025 hardship-funding motion passed on the voices, and she has pressed for wider drought support. She opposed the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund levy as 'an unjust cash grab,' citing VFF figures of an average 109 per cent cost increase for farmers. She has also raised environmental-flooding damage to old-growth black box trees and fish numbers in the Gunbower state forest.

Record last updated 2026-08-13.