Bills — Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026; Second Reading

DEFEATED21 Ayes · 32 Noes

Bill: Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026

AI Summary

The Senate voted on whether to progress the Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026 to the next stage of debate and consideration (Second Reading). The bill was defeated with 21 senators voting in favour and 32 against, meaning it will not advance further in the Senate.

Party breakdown

AYE 21

NOE 32

LIB13 aye

ON4 aye

UAP1 aye

NAT1 aye

LNP1 aye

CLP1 aye

ALP18 noe

GRN10 noe

AV1 noe

IND1 noe

PRESID1 noe

JLN1 noe

Ayes (21)

LIB · 13

Alex Antic

Dave Sharma

Dean Smith

Leah Blyth

Sarah Henderson

Anne Ruston

Jessica Collins

Maria Kovacic

Andrew McLachlan

Chris Gatenby

Andrew Bragg

Matt O'Sullivan

Richard Colbeck

ON · 4

Sean Bell

Malcolm Roberts

Pauline Hanson

Tyron Whitten

UAP · 1

Ralph Babet

NAT · 1

Ross Cadell

LNP · 1

Matthew Canavan

CLP · 1

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

Noes (32)

ALP · 18

Ellie Whiteaker

Varun Ghosh

Charlotte Walker

Lisa Darmanin

Michelle Ananda-Rajah

Jenny McAllister

Nita Green

Carol Brown

Anthony Chisholm

Jana Stewart

Tony Sheldon

Deborah O'Neill

Malarndirri McCarthy

Tim Ayres

Marielle Smith

Richard Dowling

Helen Polley

Josh Dolega

GRN · 10

Vanessa Bleyer

Larissa Waters

Jordon Steele-John

Sarah Hanson-Young

David Shoebridge

Steph Hodgins-May

Nick McKim

Mehreen Faruqi

Barbara Pocock

Penny Allman-Payne

AV · 1

Fatima Payman

IND · 1

David Pocock

PRESID · 1

Sue Lines

JLN · 1

Jacqui Lambie