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) on sheet 3371 to the Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Bill 2025, which was defeated.

Defeated10 yes 33 no

The question put

That amendment (1) on sheet 3371 be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 26 no
26 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDon Farrell
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesDavid Shoebridge
- YesJordon Steele-John
- YesLarissa Waters
- YesMehreen Faruqi
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSarah Hanson-Young
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
LiberalAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
- NoJonathon Duniam
- NoSarah Henderson
- NoSlade Brockman
Smaller parties and independents
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- NoSusan McDonaldLNP
- NoRalph 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.