National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Bill 2026 and another - Third Reading - Pass the bills

PASSED37 Ayes · 22 Noes

AI Summary

The Senate voted on whether to pass the National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Bill 2026 and another related bill at the Third Reading stage, which is the final vote before a bill becomes law. The bills passed with 37 senators voting in favour and 22 against, meaning both bills will now proceed to receive Royal Assent.

Party breakdown

AYE 37

NOE 22

ALP23 aye

GRN10 aye

IND3 aye

AV1 aye

LIB16 noe

ON2 noe

NAT1 noe

CLP1 noe

DEPUTY1 noe

LNP1 noe

Ayes (37)

ALP · 23

Dorinda Cox

Ellie Whiteaker

Deborah O'Neill

Anthony Chisholm

Charlotte Walker

Corinne Mulholland

Tony Sheldon

Helen Polley

Jana Stewart

Varun Ghosh

Carol Brown

Jenny McAllister

Glenn Sterle

Richard Dowling

Malarndirri McCarthy

Josh Dolega

Raff Ciccone

Michelle Ananda-Rajah

Nita Green

Marielle Smith

Jess Walsh

Karen Grogan

Lisa Darmanin

GRN · 10

Mehreen Faruqi

Nick McKim

Larissa Waters

Peter Whish-Wilson

Barbara Pocock

Penny Allman-Payne

Jordon Steele-John

Sarah Hanson-Young

Steph Hodgins-May

David Shoebridge

IND · 3

Tammy Tyrrell

David Pocock

Lidia Thorpe

AV · 1

Fatima Payman

Noes (22)

LIB · 16

Leah Blyth

Anne Ruston

Jane Hume

Andrew Bragg

Paul Scarr

Kerrynne Liddle

Maria Kovacic

Jonathon Duniam

Wendy Askew

Dave Sharma

Sarah Henderson

Andrew McLachlan

Matt O'Sullivan

Jessica Collins

Richard Colbeck

Claire Chandler

ON · 2

Tyron Whitten

Malcolm Roberts

NAT · 1

Ross Cadell

CLP · 1

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

DEPUTY · 1

Slade Brockman

LNP · 1

Matthew Canavan