Hansard debates

... David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (11:35): I am also pleased to rise to talk on the Energy and Resources Legislation Amendment (VEET Strategic Review and Other Matters) Bill 2026. I have a very alternate view to Dr Mansfield on this bill, and I would like to challenge many of the ideas that Dr Mansfield ...

... David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:55): (2572) My constituency question is for the minister responsible for transport and planning. Crossing guards need a range of skills to perform their role safely and effectively. It is a very social job which involves talking to members of the community. It requires a ...

... David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (09:58): In my first speech in this place in early 2019 I declared that I was here to defend human freedom and to oppose efforts to impose taxes, police thoughts and increase red tape. Our philosophy can be summarised by the words I quoted in that speech from ...

... David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (10:18): I will start by saying that I totally acknowledge that workers being abused in retail environments, such as has been outlined as the reason for this bill, is a serious problem and is totally unacceptable. I agree with Mr Galea that it has been a big problem,...

... David LIMBRICK: Similar to Mr Puglielli, the Libertarian Party do not support this bill; therefore I do not think it is desirable or even possible, as the government has pointed out, to bring this forward. Council divided on amendments: The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Mr Puglielli, I invite you to move your amendments 1 to ...

... David LIMBRICK: The Libertarian Party will be supporting this amendment. Although I may not agree with Mr Puglielli’s rationale for it, essentially it is a reduction in scope of the bill. The Libertarian Party is opposing the bill. Therefore it is logical to support a reduction in scope of the bill, and therefore we will ...

... David LIMBRICK: The Libertarian Party will not be supporting this amendment. Conversely to the previous amendment by Mr Puglielli, this amendment increases the scope of the bill. Considering that we are opposing the bill, it therefore does not make sense for us to support increasing the scope of the bill. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: The ...

... David LIMBRICK: The Libertarian Party will not be supporting this amendment for two reasons. Firstly, I think it makes an unworkable scheme even more unworkable. Secondly, taking up some of the points that Mr Galea brought up, I actually think that this is dangerous. It sets up incentives in a way that people may ...

... David LIMBRICK: I also will be opposing this amendment. I think this one is also actually pretty dangerous, because it effectively allows police to set up exclusion orders without the consent of the business, and I am not sure that businesses actually want that. I am not sure that the police have the time and ...

... David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (15:24): I also would like to say a few words on the Multicultural Victoria Amendment Bill 2026. I will start with a couple of principles. Culture is not something that should be defined by government or managed by government; culture is something that is organic and emergent, ...