Parliament of Australia · Senate · 30 July 2025 · Education
Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Bill 2025: in committee
Voting yes supported making amendment (1) to the Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Bill 2025 during the committee stage.
The question put
That amendment (1) on sheet 3376, moved by Senator Henderson, be agreed to.
Free vote. Liberal was split, which usually means members could vote their conscience, so nobody here is counted as voting against their party.
How each party voted
- LaborMostly no1 yes · 25 no
26 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
- LiberalSplit1 yes · 2 no
3 members
- One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- Party not recordedSplit1 yes · 2 no
3 members
- YesWarwick Stacey
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-Wilson
- NoWendy Askew
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesRalph BabetUnited Australia Party
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.