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26 Mar 2026 · 9:15 AM · Division 2

Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025

Third Reading - Pass the bill
Official title
Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Third 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 pass the bill in the Senate. The bill will now be sent to the House of Representatives for their consideration.

What does this bill do?

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.

Why is this bill so interesting?

It is not common that private bills (i.e., bills not introduced by the Government) pass a house of Parliament despite Government opposition. Here, the Australian Labor Party voted against the bill, which still managed to pass.

Summary written by They Vote For You contributors. Read it with the debate

Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
36
No
25
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party023
Liberal Party180
Australian Greens100
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party30
National Party20
Australia's Voice10
Country Liberal Party10
Deputy Senate President10
Independent01
Senate President01

How each member voted

Aye · 36

No · 25

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