Renee Heath

Shadow Minister for Youth Justice and for Crime Prevention and Victim Support since December 2025. Has said youth crime programs are not working and pressed the government on COVID-era sentence reductions. Voted for the Bail Further Amendment Bill 2025.

• Voted26 Aug 2025Voted yes on the third reading of the Bail Further Amendment Bill 2025. Passed 28–6.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Minister2 Dec 2025Shadow Minister for Youth Justice and Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention and Victim Support since December 2025.Parliament of Victoria
• Said3 Jun 2026In an adjournment matter, said prisoners had received over 2270 years off their sentences through COVID emergency management days, and asked the Attorney-General to end these for violent and high-risk offenders.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said23 Sep 2026In a statement on the Auditor-General's report Preventing Youth Crime, said the report showed the government's approach was not working, citing a 40 per cent rise in youth crime between 2022 and 2025.Hansard, Legislative Council

Has said Labor's rental reforms shift blame onto landlords and pointed to growth in the social housing waitlist. Voted against the Housing Statement Reform Bill 2024.

• Said20 Feb 2025In debate on the Housing Statement Reform Bill 2024, said the bill would shift the government's housing failures onto rental providers, 90 per cent of whom are private individuals.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
• Said27 Aug 2025In debate on the Greens' Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Amendment (Right to Housing) Bill 2025, said the housing register waitlist had grown from 9990 families in 2014 to 66,117.Hansard, Legislative Council

Voted against the Statewide Treaty Act 2025, saying reconciliation should come from communities rather than legislation, and has since said the government is not following its own treaty process.

• Said28 Oct 2025In debate on the Statewide Treaty Bill 2025, said reconciliation would happen in hearts and homes rather than through any party or bureaucracy, and that it is “more spiritual than they are legal”.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Voted30 Oct 2025Voted no on the third reading of the Statewide Treaty Bill 2025. Passed 21–16.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said13 Aug 2026In an adjournment matter, said the government had not complied with its own treaty process and asked the Premier whether Labor would scrap the treaty or keep it “in name only”.Hansard, Legislative Council

Has backed a $5 billion Liberal and National road repair plan and raised long-running roadworks in Pakenham. Voted against a Greens motion for permanently free public transport.

• 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
• Said29 Jul 2026In debate on a road maintenance motion, said a Liberal and National government would invest $5 billion over four years to repair roads, fix 1 million potholes and set up Better Roads Victoria.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said26 Aug 2026Moving a petition, said roadworks on Bald Hill Road, Pakenham, took over 18 months instead of months and cut off access to local businesses.Hansard, Legislative Council

Voted against the Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, which changed the licensing framework for gaming machine monitoring and public lotteries.

• 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

Opposed the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund levy, saying it more than doubles the old fire services levy and burdens regional communities, and voted against it.

• 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 it, saying it more than doubles the fire services property levy and adds costs for volunteers, farmers, renters and businesses.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said29 Jul 2025In a members statement, commended mayors and councillors from 22 councils who voted to oppose the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund levy, which councils must collect.Hansard, Legislative Council

Has called for the Wonthaggi Hospital upgrade to be finished and for a rebuilt Rosebud Hospital. Voted against the Health Safeguards for People Born with Variations in Sex Characteristics Bill 2025.

• 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
• Said18 Mar 2026In a members statement, said Rosebud Hospital relies on 1960s facilities and is “too old, too small and too important to patch up again”.Hansard, Legislative Council
• Said10 Sep 2026In an adjournment matter, said Labor had promised $290 million for the Wonthaggi Hospital upgrade before the last election but not delivered it, and that a Wilson-led government would complete it.Hansard, Legislative Council