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.

Passed95 yes 39 no

The question put

That the bill be read a second time.

How each party voted

LaborAll yes86 yes · 0 no
86 members
- YesAli France
- YesAlice Jordan-Baird
- YesAlison Byrnes
- YesAmanda Rishworth
- YesAndrew Charlton
- YesAndrew Giles
- YesAndrew Leigh
- YesAnika Wells
- YesAnne Aly
- YesAnne Stanley
- YesAnne Urquhart
- YesAsh Ambihaipahar
- YesBasem Abdo
- YesCarina Garland
- YesCarol Berry
- YesCassandra Fernando
- YesCatherine King
- YesChris Bowen
- YesClaire Clutterham
- YesClare O'Neil
- YesDaniel Mulino
- YesDavid Moncrieff
- YesDavid Smith
- YesEd Husic
- YesEmma Comer
- YesEmma McBride
- YesFiona Phillips
- YesGabriel Ng
- YesGed Kearney
- YesJason Clare
- YesJerome Laxale
- YesJess Teesdale
- YesJim Chalmers
- YesJo Briskey
- YesJoanne Ryan
- YesJodie Belyea
- YesJosh Wilson
- YesJulian Hill
- YesJulie Collins
- YesJulie-Ann Campbell
- YesJustine Elliot
- YesKara Cook
- YesKate Thwaites
- YesKristy McBain
- YesLibby Coker
- YesLisa Chesters
- YesLouise Miller-Frost
- YesLuke Gosling
- YesMadeleine King
- YesMadonna Jarrett
- YesMarion Scrymgour
- YesMark Butler
- YesMark Dreyfus
- YesMary Doyle
- YesMatt Burnell
- YesMatt Gregg
- YesMatt Keogh
- YesMatt Smith
- YesMatt Thistlethwaite
- YesMeryl Swanson
- YesMichelle Rowland
- YesMike Freelander
- YesPat Conroy
- YesPatrick Gorman
- YesPeter Khalil
- YesRenee Coffey
- YesRichard Marles
- YesRob Mitchell
- YesRowan Holzberger
- YesSally Sitou
- YesSam Lim
- YesSam Rae
- YesSarah Witty
- YesSharon Claydon
- YesSteve Georganas
- YesSusan Templeman
- YesTania Lawrence
- YesTanya Plibersek
- YesTim Watts
- YesTom French
- YesTony Burke
- YesTony Zappia
- YesTracey Roberts
- YesTrish Cook
- YesZaneta Mascarenhas
- YesZhi Soon
LiberalAll no0 yes · 16 no
16 members
- NoAaron Violi
- NoAlex Hawke
- NoAndrew Hastie
- NoAngus Taylor
- NoBen Small
- NoJason Wood
- NoJulian Leeser
- NoMary Aldred
- NoMelissa McIntosh
- NoMelissa Price
- NoRick Wilson
- NoSimon Kennedy
- NoTim Wilson
- NoTom Venning
- NoTony Pasin
- NoZoe McKenzie
LNPAll no0 yes · 13 no
13 members
- NoAndrew Wallace
- NoAndrew Willcox
- NoAngie Bell
- NoCameron Caldwell
- NoColin Boyce
- NoDavid Batt
- NoGarth Hamilton
- NoHenry Pike
- NoLeon Rebello
- NoMichelle Landry
- NoPhillip Thompson
- NoScott Buchholz
- NoTerry Young
IndependentMostly yes9 yes · 1 no
10 members
- YesAllegra Spender
- YesAndrew Gee
- YesAndrew Wilkie
- YesDai Le
- YesHelen Haines
- YesMonique Ryan
- YesNicolette Boele
- YesSophie Scamps
- YesZali Steggall
- NoKate Chaney
NationalsAll no0 yes · 8 no
8 members
- NoAlison Penfold
- NoAnne Webster
- NoDarren Chester
- NoJamie Chaffey
- NoKevin Hogan
- NoMichael McCormack
- NoPat Conaghan
- NoSam Birrell
Smaller parties and independents
- NoBarnaby 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.