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

PASSED34 Ayes · 19 Noes

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

AI Summary

The Senate voted on the Second Reading of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Veterans' Healthcare without Caps) Bill 2026, which would remove caps on healthcare benefits for military veterans. The bill passed 34-19, meaning it has cleared this procedural stage and will advance to the next stage of debate and amendment in the Senate.

Party breakdown

AYE 34

NOE 19

LIB11 aye

GRN10 aye

ON4 aye

NAT2 aye

IND2 aye

LNP2 aye

JLN1 aye

CLP1 aye

AV1 aye

ALP18 noe

PRESID1 noe

Ayes (34)

LIB · 11

Jane Hume

Maria Kovacic

Chris Gatenby

Richard Colbeck

Alex Antic

Anne Ruston

Sarah Henderson

Jessica Collins

Jonathon Duniam

Dean Smith

James Paterson

GRN · 10

Penny Allman-Payne

Jordon Steele-John

Barbara Pocock

Vanessa Bleyer

Sarah Hanson-Young

Larissa Waters

Mehreen Faruqi

Nick McKim

David Shoebridge

Steph Hodgins-May

ON · 4

Pauline Hanson

Sean Bell

Tyron Whitten

Malcolm Roberts

NAT · 2

Ross Cadell

Bridget McKenzie

IND · 2

David Pocock

Lidia Thorpe

LNP · 2

James McGrath

Matthew Canavan

JLN · 1

Jacqui Lambie

CLP · 1

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

AV · 1

Fatima Payman

Noes (19)

ALP · 18

Jenny McAllister

Varun Ghosh

Carol Brown

Anthony Chisholm

Charlotte Walker

Richard Dowling

Ellie Whiteaker

Michelle Ananda-Rajah

Marielle Smith

Jana Stewart

Raff Ciccone

Glenn Sterle

Josh Dolega

Lisa Darmanin

Jess Walsh

Murray Watt

Helen Polley

Tim Ayres

PRESID · 1

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