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title: "Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025: reference to committee (House of Representatives, 1 September 2025) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported the motion to refer the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 to a committee for further inquiry, which would delay the bill's passage. Defeated 9 to 72 in the House of Representatives on 1 September 2025. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/house/2025-09-01/1"
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Parliament of Australia · House of Representatives · 1 September 2025 · [Immigration](https://politics.computer/votes/house?topic=immigration) 

# Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025: reference to committee

Voting yes supported the motion to refer the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 to a committee for further inquiry, which would delay the bill's passage.

Defeated **9** yes **72** no 

The question put

That the motion moved by the honourable member for Curtin be agreed to.

## How each party voted

- Labor All no 0 yes · 45 no  
45 members

  - No [Ali France](https://politics.computer/mp/ali-france)
  - No [Alice Jordan-Baird](https://politics.computer/mp/alice-jordan-baird)
  - No [Andrew Charlton](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-charlton)
  - No [Anne Stanley](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-stanley)
  - No [Anne Urquhart](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-urquhart)
  - No [Ash Ambihaipahar](https://politics.computer/mp/ash-ambihaipahar)
  - No [Carol Berry](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-berry)
  - No [Claire Clutterham](https://politics.computer/mp/claire-clutterham)
  - No [Dan Repacholi](https://politics.computer/mp/dan-repacholi)
  - No [David Moncrieff](https://politics.computer/mp/david-moncrieff)
  - No [David Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/david-smith)
  - No [Ed Husic](https://politics.computer/mp/ed-husic)
  - No [Emma Comer](https://politics.computer/mp/emma-comer)
  - No [Fiona Phillips](https://politics.computer/mp/fiona-phillips)
  - No [Gabriel Ng](https://politics.computer/mp/gabriel-ng)
  - No [Jerome Laxale](https://politics.computer/mp/jerome-laxale)
  - No [Jess Teesdale](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-teesdale)
  - No [Jo Briskey](https://politics.computer/mp/jo-briskey)
  - No [Jodie Belyea](https://politics.computer/mp/jodie-belyea)
  - No [Josh Wilson](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-wilson)
  - No [Julie-Ann Campbell](https://politics.computer/mp/julie-ann-campbell)
  - No [Justine Elliot](https://politics.computer/mp/justine-elliot)
  - No [Kara Cook](https://politics.computer/mp/kara-cook)
  - No [Kate Thwaites](https://politics.computer/mp/kate-thwaites)
  - No [Lisa Chesters](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-chesters)
  - No [Madonna Jarrett](https://politics.computer/mp/madonna-jarrett)
  - No [Mark Dreyfus](https://politics.computer/mp/mark-dreyfus)
  - No [Mary Doyle](https://politics.computer/mp/mary-doyle)
  - No [Matt Gregg](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-gregg)
  - No [Matt Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-smith)
  - No [Patrick Gorman](https://politics.computer/mp/patrick-gorman)
  - No [Rebecca White](https://politics.computer/mp/rebecca-white)
  - No [Renee Coffey](https://politics.computer/mp/renee-coffey)
  - No [Rowan Holzberger](https://politics.computer/mp/rowan-holzberger)
  - No [Sally Sitou](https://politics.computer/mp/sally-sitou)
  - No [Sam Lim](https://politics.computer/mp/sam-lim)
  - No [Sarah Witty](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-witty)
  - No [Shayne Neumann](https://politics.computer/mp/shayne-neumann)
  - No [Steve Georganas](https://politics.computer/mp/steve-georganas)
  - No [Susan Templeman](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-templeman)
  - No [Tom French](https://politics.computer/mp/tom-french)
  - No [Tony Burke](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-burke)
  - No [Tony Zappia](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-zappia)
  - No [Trish Cook](https://politics.computer/mp/trish-cook)
  - No [Zhi Soon](https://politics.computer/mp/zhi-soon)
- Liberal All no 0 yes · 12 no  
12 members

  - No [Aaron Violi](https://politics.computer/mp/aaron-violi)
  - No [Andrew Hastie](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-hastie)
  - No [Angus Taylor](https://politics.computer/mp/angus-taylor)
  - No [Ben Small](https://politics.computer/mp/ben-small)
  - No [Julian Leeser](https://politics.computer/mp/julian-leeser)
  - No [Mary Aldred](https://politics.computer/mp/mary-aldred)
  - No [Rick Wilson](https://politics.computer/mp/rick-wilson)
  - No [Simon Kennedy](https://politics.computer/mp/simon-kennedy)
  - No [Tim Wilson](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-wilson)
  - No [Tom Venning](https://politics.computer/mp/tom-venning)
  - No [Tony Pasin](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-pasin)
  - No [Zoe McKenzie](https://politics.computer/mp/zoe-mckenzie)
- LNP All no 0 yes · 10 no  
10 members

  - No [Andrew Wallace](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-wallace)
  - No [Cameron Caldwell](https://politics.computer/mp/cameron-caldwell)
  - No [David Batt](https://politics.computer/mp/david-batt)
  - No [Henry Pike](https://politics.computer/mp/henry-pike)
  - No [Leon Rebello](https://politics.computer/mp/leon-rebello)
  - No [Llew O'Brien](https://politics.computer/mp/llew-o-brien)
  - No [Michelle Landry](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-landry)
  - No [Scott Buchholz](https://politics.computer/mp/scott-buchholz)
  - No [Ted O'Brien](https://politics.computer/mp/ted-o-brien)
  - No [Terry Young](https://politics.computer/mp/terry-young)
- Independent Mostly yes 8 yes · 1 no  
9 members

  - Yes [Allegra Spender](https://politics.computer/mp/allegra-spender)
  - Yes [Andrew Wilkie](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-wilkie)
  - Yes [Helen Haines](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-haines)
  - Yes [Kate Chaney](https://politics.computer/mp/kate-chaney)
  - Yes [Monique Ryan](https://politics.computer/mp/monique-ryan)
  - Yes [Nicolette Boele](https://politics.computer/mp/nicolette-boele)
  - Yes [Sophie Scamps](https://politics.computer/mp/sophie-scamps)
  - Yes [Zali Steggall](https://politics.computer/mp/zali-steggall)
  - No [Andrew Gee](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-gee)
- Nationals All no 0 yes · 4 no  
4 members

  - No [Alison Penfold](https://politics.computer/mp/alison-penfold)
  - No [Michael McCormack](https://politics.computer/mp/michael-mccormack)
  - No [Pat Conaghan](https://politics.computer/mp/pat-conaghan)
  - No [Sam Birrell](https://politics.computer/mp/sam-birrell)
- Smaller parties and independents

  - Yes [Elizabeth Watson-Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/elizabeth-watson-brown) Greens

Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.

[All House of Representatives votes](https://politics.computer/votes/house) 

Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Australia](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;orderBy=%5Ffragment%5Fnumber,doc%5Fdate-rev;page=0;query=Dataset%3Ahansardr,hansardr80%20Date%3A1%2F9%2F2025;rec=0;resCount=Default), read through [the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data](https://data.openaustralia.org.au/). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.

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