Parliament of Australia · House of Representatives · 9 February 2026 · Education
Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025: second reading
Voting yes supported the Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025 passing its second reading, which agrees with the bill's main idea.
Defeated41 yes 95 no
The question put
That the bill be now read a second time.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 87 no
87 members
- NoAli France
- NoAlice Jordan-Baird
- NoAlison Byrnes
- NoAmanda Rishworth
- NoAndrew Charlton
- NoAndrew Giles
- NoAndrew Leigh
- NoAnika Wells
- NoAnne Aly
- NoAnne Stanley
- NoAnne Urquhart
- NoAsh Ambihaipahar
- NoBasem Abdo
- NoCarina Garland
- NoCarol Berry
- NoCassandra Fernando
- NoCatherine King
- NoChris Bowen
- NoClaire Clutterham
- NoClare O'Neil
- NoDan Repacholi
- NoDaniel Mulino
- NoDavid Moncrieff
- NoDavid Smith
- NoEd Husic
- NoEmma Comer
- NoEmma McBride
- NoFiona Phillips
- NoGabriel Ng
- NoGed Kearney
- NoJason Clare
- NoJerome Laxale
- NoJess Teesdale
- NoJim Chalmers
- NoJo Briskey
- NoJoanne Ryan
- NoJodie Belyea
- NoJosh Wilson
- NoJulian Hill
- NoJulie Collins
- NoJulie-Ann Campbell
- NoJustine Elliot
- NoKara Cook
- NoKate Thwaites
- NoKristy McBain
- NoLibby Coker
- NoLisa Chesters
- NoLouise Miller-Frost
- NoLuke Gosling
- NoMadeleine King
- NoMadonna Jarrett
- NoMarion Scrymgour
- NoMark Butler
- NoMark Dreyfus
- NoMary Doyle
- NoMatt Burnell
- NoMatt Gregg
- NoMatt Keogh
- NoMatt Smith
- NoMatt Thistlethwaite
- NoMeryl Swanson
- NoMichelle Rowland
- NoMike Freelander
- NoPat Conroy
- NoPatrick Gorman
- NoPeter Khalil
- NoRenee Coffey
- NoRichard Marles
- NoRob Mitchell
- NoRowan Holzberger
- NoSally Sitou
- NoSam Lim
- NoSam Rae
- NoSarah Witty
- NoSharon Claydon
- NoSteve Georganas
- NoSusan Templeman
- NoTania Lawrence
- NoTanya Plibersek
- NoTim Watts
- NoTom French
- NoTony Burke
- NoTony Zappia
- NoTracey Roberts
- NoTrish Cook
- NoZaneta Mascarenhas
- NoZhi Soon
- LiberalAll yes16 yes · 0 no
16 members
- YesAaron Violi
- YesAlex Hawke
- YesAndrew Hastie
- YesAngus Taylor
- YesBen Small
- YesJason Wood
- YesJulian Leeser
- YesMary Aldred
- YesMelissa McIntosh
- YesMelissa Price
- YesRick Wilson
- YesSimon Kennedy
- YesTim Wilson
- YesTom Venning
- YesTony Pasin
- YesZoe McKenzie
- LNPAll yes13 yes · 0 no
13 members
- IndependentSplit3 yes · 7 no
10 members
- NationalsAll yes8 yes · 0 no
8 members
Smaller parties and independents
- NoElizabeth Watson-BrownGreens
- YesBarnaby JoyceOne Nation
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.
Source: Hansard, Parliament of Australia, read through the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data. The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.