Parliament of Australia · House of Representatives · 11 February 2026 · First Peoples
National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Bill 2026: second reading
Voting yes supported the National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Bill 2026 passing its second reading, which agrees with the bill's main idea.
Passed95 yes 39 no
The question put
That this bill be now read a second time.
How each party voted
- LaborAll yes83 yes · 0 no
83 members
- YesAli France
- YesAlice Jordan-Baird
- YesAlison Byrnes
- YesAmanda Rishworth
- 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
- YesDan Repacholi
- 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
- YesMary Doyle
- YesMatt Burnell
- YesMatt Gregg
- YesMatt Keogh
- YesMatt Smith
- 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
- 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
- LNPAll no0 yes · 14 no
- IndependentAll yes10 yes · 0 no
10 members
- YesAllegra Spender
- YesAndrew Gee
- YesAndrew Wilkie
- YesDai Le
- YesHelen Haines
- YesKate Chaney
- YesMonique Ryan
- YesNicolette Boele
- YesSophie Scamps
- YesZali Steggall
- NationalsAll no0 yes · 8 no
Smaller parties and independents
- YesRebekha SharkieCentre Alliance
- YesElizabeth Watson-BrownGreens
- 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.