Nick McGowan

Voted for the Bail Further Amendment Bill 2025. Has questioned the Minister for Youth Justice about approved interstate travel for youth offenders and asked for a local police station's evening hours to be restored.

• Voted26 Aug 2025Voted yes on the third reading of the Bail Further Amendment Bill 2025. Passed 28–6.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Minister13 Oct 2025Shadow Minister for Victim Support from October to December 2025.Parliament of Victoria
• Said20 Nov 2025In question time, asked the Minister for Youth Justice how many other youth justice clients had been approved for holidays, after two serious youth offenders were approved to travel to the Gold Coast.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said3 Mar 2026In a constituency question, asked the Minister for Police to reverse a reported cut to Forest Hill police station's hours and keep it open until 11 pm each night.Hansard, Legislative Council

Voted against the Housing Statement Reform Bill 2024's rental, strata and planning changes. Has asked the housing minister to put a long-empty public home in Ringwood back to use rather than sell it, and sought an update on new public dwellings in Mitcham.

• Said6 Feb 2025In an adjournment matter, asked the housing minister to reconsider selling a government-owned Ringwood home that had been untenanted for two years, citing a shortage of social homes.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Voted6 Mar 2025Voted no 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
• Said4 Mar 2026In an adjournment matter, asked the Minister for Housing and Building for an update on 62 new dwellings the government is building in McDowall Street, Mitcham.Hansard, Legislative Council

Voted against a Greens motion to make public transport permanently free and more frequent. Has raised overcrowding on a school bus route in Ringwood and called for a review of bus safety.

• Said28 Aug 2025In a members statement after a bus crash in Geelong, called for a review of bus safety, including seatbelts for every passenger, glass design and separate cabins for drivers.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said3 Feb 2026In an adjournment matter, asked the Minister for Public and Active Transport for a larger bus on the route serving Norwood Secondary College, saying the bus is routinely overcrowded.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Voted3 Jun 2026Voted no on a Greens motion calling on the government to make public transport permanently free and more frequent. Lost 7–31.Hansard, Legislative Council

Voted against the Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2025. Has passed a student's letter calling for an end to greyhound racing to the gaming minister for a response.

• Voted17 Jun 2025Voted no 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
• Said26 Aug 2025In an adjournment matter, read a Blackburn primary school student's letter calling for greyhound racing to be banned and asked the Minister for Casino, Gaming and Liquor Regulation to respond to the student.Hansard, Legislative Council

Voted against the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund levy bill and spoke against it in debate. Has also called for land tax to be abolished.

• Said20 Feb 2025In an adjournment matter, cited year-on-year rises in a constituent's land tax since 2019–20 and asked the government to “get rid of this highway robbery”.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Voted15 May 2025Voted no 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
• Said15 May 2025In debate on the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund bill, opposed the levy as a new tax on households and farmers and questioned its effect on borrowing for homes and farms.Hansard, Legislative Council

Voted against the Health Safeguards for People Born with Variations in Sex Characteristics Bill 2025. Has pressed the government on funding for the promised Maroondah Hospital rebuild and on the outsourcing of support jobs at Eastern Health.

• Said2 Dec 2025In an adjournment matter, asked the Minister for Health to intervene at Eastern Health to save the jobs of cooks, cleaners and orderlies at Maroondah and Box Hill hospitals that were set to be outsourced.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Voted19 Feb 2026Voted no 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
• Said12 May 2026In question time, asked the Minister for Health when the new children's emergency department at Maroondah Hospital would open, and how promised increases in patients could be met without construction funding.Hansard, Legislative Council