Parliament of Australia · Senate · 31 July 2025 · Education

Early Childhood Education and Care (Strengthening Regulation of Early Education) Bill 2025: second reading

Voting yes supported making the second reading amendment moved by Senator Hodgins-May to the Early Childhood Education and Care (Strengthening Regulation of Early Education) Bill 2025.

Defeated13 yes 27 no

The question put

That the second reading amendment moved by Senator Hodgins-May be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 23 no
23 members
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- 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
- NoAndrew Bragg
- NoJonathon Duniam
- NoSlade Brockman
Smaller parties and independents
- YesMalcolm RobertsOne Nation
- YesTyron WhittenOne Nation
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice

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.