Parliament of Australia · Senate · 31 July 2025 · Education

Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) Bill 2025: second reading

Voting yes supported making the second reading amendment moved by Senator Duniam to the Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence) Bill 2025.

Defeated25 yes 33 no

The question put

That the second reading amendment moved by Senator Duniam 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
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
LiberalAll yes17 yes · 0 no
17 members
- YesAlex Antic
- YesAndrew Bragg
- YesAndrew McLachlan
- YesAnne Ruston
- YesClaire Chandler
- YesDave Sharma
- YesJames Paterson
- YesJane Hume
- YesJessica Collins
- YesJonathon Duniam
- YesKerrynne Liddle
- YesLeah Blyth
- YesMaria Kovacic
- YesMatt O'Sullivan
- YesPaul Scarr
- YesSarah Henderson
- YesSlade Brockman
GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
9 members
- NoBarbara Pocock
- NoDavid Shoebridge
- NoJordon Steele-John
- NoLarissa Waters
- NoMehreen Faruqi
- NoNick McKim
- NoPenny Allman-Payne
- NoSarah Hanson-Young
- NoSteph Hodgins-May
Party not recordedSplit2 yes · 1 no
3 members
- YesWarwick Stacey
- YesWendy Askew
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-Wilson
Smaller parties and independents
- 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.