Parliament of Australia · Senate · 27 August 2025 · Economy and tax
Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Bill 2025: second reading
Voting yes supported making the second reading amendment moved by Senator Pocock to the Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Bill 2025.
Defeated11 yes 33 no
The question put
That the second reading amendment moved by Senator Pocock be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 23 no
23 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTim Ayres
- NoVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- One NationAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- NoDave SharmaLiberal
- NoMaria KovacicLiberal
- NoBridget McKenzieNationals
- NoMatthew CanavanNationals
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- NoJacqui LambieJacqui Lambie Network
- 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.