26 Mar 2026 · 9:11 AM · Division 1
Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025
- Official title
- Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Second reading agreed to
- Aye
- 36
- No
- 25
- Not recorded voting
- 15
“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.
What was decided
The majority voted in favour of a motion to agree with the main idea of the bill. This means they can now discuss it in more detail.
What is the bill's main idea?
According to the bill homepage, this bill:
Amends the Housing Australia Act 2018 to provide that certain directions about the performance of Housing Australia’s functions are subject to disallowance.
This means that the parliament will be able to disallow (i.e., stop something from having legal effect) certain instruments in respect to Housing Australia's functions.
Summary written by They Vote For You contributors. Read it with the debate
Policies this vote counts towards
- Increasing parliamentary scrutiny of lawsSupporters vote Aye
Votes by party
Votes by party as a table
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 0 | 23 |
| Liberal Party | 18 | 0 |
| Australian Greens | 10 | 0 |
| Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party | 3 | 0 |
| National Party | 2 | 0 |
| Australia's Voice | 1 | 0 |
| Country Liberal Party | 1 | 0 |
| Deputy Senate President | 1 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 |
| Senate President | 0 | 1 |
How each member voted
Aye · 36
- Fatima PaymanWA · Australia's Voice
- Penny Allman-PayneQueensland · Greens
- Mehreen FaruqiNSW · Greens
- Sarah Hanson-YoungSA · Greens
- Steph Hodgins-MayVictoria · Greens
- Nick McKimTasmania · Greens
- Barbara PocockSA · Greens
- David ShoebridgeNSW · Greens
- Jordon Steele-JohnWA · Greens
- Larissa WatersQueensland · Greens
- Peter Whish-WilsonTasmania · Greens
- Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceNT · CLP
- Slade BrockmanWA · Deputy Senate President
- Alex AnticSA · Liberal
- Wendy AskewTasmania · Liberal
- Leah BlythSA · Liberal
- Andrew BraggNSW · Liberal
- Claire ChandlerTasmania · Liberal
- Richard ColbeckTasmania · Liberal
- Jessica CollinsNSW · Liberal
- Jonathon DuniamTasmania · Liberal
- Sarah HendersonVictoria · Liberal
- Jane HumeVictoria · Liberal
- Maria KovacicNSW · Liberal
- Kerrynne LiddleSA · Liberal
- Andrew McLachlanSA · Liberal
- Matt O'SullivanWA · Liberal
- James PatersonVictoria · Liberal
- Paul ScarrQueensland · Liberal
- Dave SharmaNSW · Liberal
No · 25
- Michelle Ananda-RajahVictoria · Labor
- Anthony ChisholmQueensland · Labor
- Raff CicconeVictoria · Labor
- Dorinda CoxWA · Labor
- Lisa DarmaninVictoria · Labor
- Josh DolegaTasmania · Labor
- Richard DowlingTasmania · Labor
- Varun GhoshWA · Labor
- Nita GreenQueensland · Labor
- Karen GroganSA · Labor
- Jenny McAllisterNSW · Labor
- Malarndirri McCarthyNT · Labor
- Corinne MulhollandQueensland · Labor
- Deborah O'NeillNSW · Labor
- Helen PolleyTasmania · Labor
- Tony SheldonNSW · Labor
- Marielle SmithSA · Labor
- Glenn SterleWA · Labor
- Jana StewartVictoria · Labor
- Charlotte WalkerSA · Labor
- Jess WalshVictoria · Labor
- Murray WattQueensland · Labor
- Ellie WhiteakerWA · Labor
- David PocockACT · Independent
- Sue LinesWA · Senate President
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