Bills — Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025, Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025; Second Reading

PASSED37 Ayes · 26 Noes

AI Summary

The Senate voted on the Second Reading of two bills related to the Universities Accord, which would establish an Australian Tertiary Education Commission. The bills passed with 37 senators voting in favour and 26 against, allowing them to proceed to the next stage of parliamentary debate and consideration.

Party breakdown

AYE 37

NOE 26

ALP24 aye

GRN10 aye

IND2 aye

PRESID1 aye

LIB15 noe

ON4 noe

NAT3 noe

UAP1 noe

LNP1 noe

DEPUTY1 noe

CLP1 noe

Ayes (37)

ALP · 24

Jess Walsh

Raff Ciccone

Lisa Darmanin

Marielle Smith

Karen Grogan

Jenny McAllister

Charlotte Walker

Richard Dowling

Michelle Ananda-Rajah

Carol Brown

Deborah O'Neill

Tim Ayres

Nita Green

Josh Dolega

Jana Stewart

Tony Sheldon

Dorinda Cox

Ellie Whiteaker

Glenn Sterle

Corinne Mulholland

Anthony Chisholm

Murray Watt

Helen Polley

Varun Ghosh

GRN · 10

Penny Allman-Payne

David Shoebridge

Nick McKim

Sarah Hanson-Young

Larissa Waters

Barbara Pocock

Peter Whish-Wilson

Jordon Steele-John

Mehreen Faruqi

Steph Hodgins-May

IND · 2

David Pocock

Tammy Tyrrell

PRESID · 1

Sue Lines

Noes (26)

LIB · 15

Andrew Bragg

Anne Ruston

Wendy Askew

Claire Chandler

Maria Kovacic

Dave Sharma

Jane Hume

Alex Antic

Paul Scarr

Dean Smith

James Paterson

Richard Colbeck

Matt O'Sullivan

Sarah Henderson

Kerrynne Liddle

ON · 4

Malcolm Roberts

Tyron Whitten

Pauline Hanson

Sean Bell

NAT · 3

Bridget McKenzie

Susan McDonald

Ross Cadell

UAP · 1

Ralph Babet

LNP · 1

James McGrath

DEPUTY · 1

Slade Brockman

CLP · 1

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price