Georgie Purcell

Opposed both 2025 bail bills, voting against the Bail Further Amendment Bill 2025. Has argued that community safety is better served by tackling root causes such as housing, mental health and family violence services.

• Said19 Mar 2025In debate on the Bail Amendment (Tough Bail) Bill 2025, opposed the bill and said community safety would be better served by investing in housing, education, mental health, family violence and Aboriginal-led programs.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Voted26 Aug 2025Voted no on the third reading of the Bail Further Amendment Bill 2025. Passed 28–6.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said26 Aug 2025In debate on the Bail Further Amendment Bill 2025, opposed the bill while acknowledging community fear about crime, saying it was the fifth change to bail laws since March 2024 and had added complexity to the justice system.Hansard, Legislative Council

Voted for the 2024 rental and planning reform bill. Supported the Planning Amendment (Better Decisions Made Faster) Bill 2025, including powers to require social and affordable housing, and supported new protections for buyers of new homes.

• Voted6 Mar 2025Voted yes on the third reading of the Consumer and Planning Legislation Amendment (Housing Statement Reform) Bill 2024, which changed rental, strata and planning laws, including ending notices to vacate at the end of a first fixed-term lease. Passed 22–17.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said29 May 2025In debate on the Building Legislation Amendment (Buyer Protections) Bill 2025, supported the bill, saying the defect resolution process for new homes was long and confusing.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said9 Dec 2025In debate on the Planning Amendment (Better Decisions Made Faster) Bill 2025, supported the bill, welcoming proposed powers to prescribe social and affordable housing and urging an oversight mechanism for the Victoria Planning Provisions.Hansard, Legislative Council

Voted for and spoke in support of the Statewide Treaty Bill 2025. Opposed the Corrections Amendment Bill 2026, citing advice from the Gellung Warl co-chairs that it would disproportionately affect First Nations people.

• Said28 Oct 2025In debate on the Statewide Treaty Bill 2025, spoke in support of the bill and acknowledged the work of the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Voted30 Oct 2025Voted yes on the third reading of the Statewide Treaty Bill 2025. Passed 21–16.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said13 Aug 2026In debate on the Corrections Amendment Bill 2026, opposed the bill after the Gellung Warl co-chairs wrote to the government about its impact on First Nations people, saying “Treaty cannot just be symbolic.”Hansard, Legislative Council

Voted for a Greens motion for permanently free public transport. As committee chair, tabled a report on wildlife road strike, described as a public safety issue, and has called for cameras and GPS trackers in driving instructors' cars.

• Said11 Sep 2025In an adjournment matter, asked the Minister for Roads and Road Safety to make cameras and GPS trackers mandatory in driving instructors' cars, after reports of learner drivers being sexually harassed.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said18 Nov 2025Tabling the Economy and Infrastructure Committee report on wildlife road strike as chair, said collisions with native animals are a public safety issue as well as an animal welfare issue and need urgent government action.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Voted3 Jun 2026Voted yes on a Greens motion calling on the government to make public transport permanently free and more frequent. Lost 7–31.Hansard, Legislative Council

Voted for the Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2025. Opposes the greyhound and jumps racing industries, saying racing laws should shut them down or defund them, and often raises greyhound injuries and deaths.

• Voted17 Jun 2025Voted yes on the third reading of the Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, which changed the licensing framework for gaming machine monitoring and public lotteries. Passed 22–14.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said5 Mar 2026In question time, raised injuries to greyhounds on Victorian tracks and asked the minister to ensure an injured greyhound was not killed by Greyhound Racing Victoria.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said14 Aug 2026In debate on the Racing Legislation Amendment (Entity Governance and Other Matters) Bill 2026, opposed the bill, saying the only racing laws Parliament should pass would shut the industries down or defund them.Hansard, Legislative Council

Voted for the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund levy bill in 2025. Supported the State Taxation Further Amendment Bill 2025 and the VicGrid Stage 2 bill after amendments, saying the renewable energy transition improves reliability and cost.

• Voted15 May 2025Voted yes on the third reading of the Fire Services Property Amendment (Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund) Bill 2025, which replaced the fire services property levy with a broader Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund levy. Passed 22–17.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said28 Aug 2025In debate on the National Electricity (Victoria) Amendment (VicGrid Stage 2 Reform) Bill 2025, said Victoria must move to renewable energy quickly, which would improve the reliability and cost of the network, while raising impacts on regional communities.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said18 Nov 2025In debate on the State Taxation Further Amendment Bill 2025, supported the bill despite disagreeing with parts of it, welcoming the exclusion of Dinner Plain from the vacant residential land tax and a new land tax exemption for land valued under $300,000.Hansard, Legislative Council

Voted for the Health Safeguards for People Born with Variations in Sex Characteristics Bill 2025. Supported higher nurse and midwife ratios in 2026 and has called for supported housing for young people with mental ill health.

• Voted19 Feb 2026Voted yes on the third reading of the Health Safeguards for People Born with Variations in Sex Characteristics Bill 2025, which sets rules and an approval process for certain medical treatment of people born with variations in sex characteristics. Passed 24–15.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said25 Aug 2026In debate on the Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Amendment Bill 2026, supported the bill, saying safe health care needs enough nurses and midwives.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said10 Sep 2026In an adjournment matter, asked the Minister for Mental Health to deliver 500 supported housing places for young people with mental ill health, as recommended by the mental health royal commission.Hansard, Legislative Council