Bills — Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Veterans' Healthcare without Caps) Bill 2026; Third Reading

PASSED33 Ayes · 19 Noes

Bill: Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Veterans' Healthcare Without Caps) Bill 2026

AI Summary

The Senate voted on the final passage of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Veterans' Healthcare without Caps) Bill 2026. The bill passed with 33 votes in favour and 19 against, meaning it will now become law and will remove caps on healthcare benefits for eligible veterans.

Party breakdown

AYE 33

NOE 19

LIB11 aye

GRN10 aye

ON4 aye

NAT2 aye

IND2 aye

AV1 aye

JLN1 aye

LNP1 aye

CLP1 aye

ALP19 noe

Ayes (33)

LIB · 11

Dean Smith

James Paterson

Jonathon Duniam

Alex Antic

Chris Gatenby

Anne Ruston

Richard Colbeck

Jane Hume

Jessica Collins

Sarah Henderson

Maria Kovacic

GRN · 10

David Shoebridge

Vanessa Bleyer

Jordon Steele-John

Penny Allman-Payne

Larissa Waters

Nick McKim

Mehreen Faruqi

Steph Hodgins-May

Barbara Pocock

Sarah Hanson-Young

ON · 4

Tyron Whitten

Pauline Hanson

Malcolm Roberts

Sean Bell

NAT · 2

Bridget McKenzie

Ross Cadell

IND · 2

David Pocock

Lidia Thorpe

AV · 1

Fatima Payman

JLN · 1

Jacqui Lambie

LNP · 1

James McGrath

CLP · 1

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

Noes (19)

ALP · 19

Ellie Whiteaker

Varun Ghosh

Carol Brown

Anthony Chisholm

Helen Polley

Lisa Darmanin

Jess Walsh

Tim Ayres

Deborah O'Neill

Jana Stewart

Nita Green

Jenny McAllister

Josh Dolega

Charlotte Walker

Richard Dowling

Tony Sheldon

Marielle Smith

Raff Ciccone

Glenn Sterle