--- title: "Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Bill 2025: in committee (Senate, 31 July 2025) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported making the Greens amendment (1) to the Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Bill 2025, moved by Senator Faruqi, which was defeated. Defeated 11 to 29 in the Senate on 31 July 2025. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-07-31/2" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) Parliament of Australia · Senate · 31 July 2025 · [Education](https://politics.computer/votes/senate?topic=education) # Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Bill 2025: in committee Voting yes supported making the Greens amendment (1) to the Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Bill 2025, moved by Senator Faruqi, which was defeated. Defeated **11** yes **29** no The question put That Greens amendment (1) on sheet 3369, moved by Senator Faruqi, be agreed to. ## How each party voted - Labor All no 0 yes · 22 no 22 members - No [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown) - No [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker) - No [Corinne Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/corinne-mulholland) - No [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill) - No [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox) - No [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker) - No [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart) - No [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister) - No [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh) - No [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega) - No [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan) - No [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin) - No [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith) - No [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah) - No [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green) - No [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone) - No [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling) - No [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines) - No [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) - No [Tim Ayres](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-ayres) - No [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon) - No [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh) - Greens All yes 9 yes · 0 no 9 members - Yes [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock) - Yes [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge) - Yes [Jordon Steele-John](https://politics.computer/mp/jordon-steele-john) - Yes [Larissa Waters](https://politics.computer/mp/larissa-waters) - Yes [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi) - Yes [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim) - Yes [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne) - Yes [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young) - Yes [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may) - Liberal All no 0 yes · 3 no 3 members - No [Claire Chandler](https://politics.computer/mp/claire-chandler) - No [Jonathon Duniam](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathon-duniam) - No [Leah Blyth](https://politics.computer/mp/leah-blyth) - Smaller parties and independents - No [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts) One Nation - No [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten) One Nation - Yes Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded - No Warwick Stacey Party not recorded - Yes [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice - No [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent 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. [Previous Vote 1 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-07-31/1) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 3 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-07-31/3) Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Australia](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;orderBy=%5Ffragment%5Fnumber,doc%5Fdate-rev;page=0;query=Dataset%3Ahansards,hansards80%20Date%3A31%2F7%2F2025;rec=0;resCount=Default), read through [the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data](https://data.openaustralia.org.au/). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. 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