Parliament of Australia · Senate · 31 July 2025 · Gender and identity
Sex Discrimination Amendment (Restoring Biological Definitions) Bill 2025: first reading
Voting yes supported the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Restoring Biological Definitions) Bill 2025 being introduced, at its first reading stage, which is a procedural step before debate on the bill's main idea.
The question put
That general business notion of motion No. 68 standing in the name of Senators Antic and Canavan be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 24 no
24 members
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll yes17 yes · 0 no
17 members
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
- Party not recordedSplit2 yes · 1 no
3 members
- YesWarwick Stacey
- YesWendy Askew
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-Wilson
Smaller parties and independents
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- NoLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesMatthew CanavanNationals
- YesRoss CadellNationals
- YesMalcolm RobertsOne Nation
- YesTyron WhittenOne Nation
- YesSusan McDonaldLNP
- 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.