Parliament of Australia · House of Representatives · 15 October 2026 · Health
Motions: Private Health Insurance
Voting yes supported the motion on private health insurance being agreed to. The motion was defeated, with 47 ayes and 91 noes.
Defeated47 yes 91 no
The question put
That the motion be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 89 no
89 members
- NoAli France
- NoAlice Jordan-Baird
- NoAlicia Payne
- NoAlison Byrnes
- NoAmanda Rishworth
- NoAndrew Charlton
- NoAndrew Giles
- NoAndrew Leigh
- NoAnne Aly
- NoAnne Stanley
- NoAnne Urquhart
- NoAnthony Albanese
- 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
- NoGordon Reid
- NoJason Clare
- NoJerome Laxale
- NoJess Teesdale
- NoJo Briskey
- NoJoanne Ryan
- NoJodie Belyea
- NoJosh Burns
- NoJosh Wilson
- 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
- NoRebecca White
- NoRenee Coffey
- NoRichard Marles
- NoRob Mitchell
- NoRowan Holzberger
- NoSally Sitou
- NoSam Lim
- NoSam Rae
- NoSarah Witty
- NoSharon Claydon
- NoShayne Neumann
- NoSusan Templeman
- NoTania Lawrence
- NoTanya Plibersek
- NoTim Watts
- NoTom French
- NoTony Burke
- NoTony Zappia
- NoTracey Roberts
- NoTrish Cook
- NoZaneta Mascarenhas
- NoZhi Soon
- LiberalAll yes17 yes · 0 no
17 members
- YesAaron Violi
- YesAlex Hawke
- YesAndrew Hastie
- YesAngus Taylor
- YesBen Small
- YesDan Tehan
- YesJason Wood
- YesJulian Leeser
- YesMary Aldred
- YesMelissa McIntosh
- YesMelissa Price
- YesRick Wilson
- YesSimon Kennedy
- YesTim Wilson
- YesTom Venning
- YesTony Pasin
- YesZoe McKenzie
- LNPAll yes11 yes · 0 no
11 members
- IndependentMostly yes7 yes · 2 no
9 members
- NationalsAll yes8 yes · 0 no
8 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesBarnaby JoyceOne Nation
- YesDavid FarleyOne Nation
- YesRebekha SharkieCentre Alliance
- YesElizabeth Watson-BrownGreens
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.