--- title: "Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025: first reading (Senate, 3 September 2025) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported putting the question on the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 at first reading, which moves the debate on the bill forward. Passed 26 to 12 in the Senate on 3 September 2025. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-09-03/15" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) Parliament of Australia · Senate · 3 September 2025 # Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025: first reading Voting yes supported putting the question on the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 at first reading, which moves the debate on the bill forward. Passed **26** yes **12** no The question put That the question be put. **Crossed the floor:** [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) (Labor, voted no). ## How each party voted - Labor Mostly yes 21 yes · 1 no 22 members - Yes [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm) - Yes [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown) - Yes [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker) - Yes [Corinne Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/corinne-mulholland) - Yes [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill) - Yes [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker) - Yes [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle) - Yes [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley) - Yes [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister) - Yes [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega) - Yes [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan) - Yes [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin) - Yes [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy) - Yes [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith) - Yes [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah) - Yes [Murray Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/murray-watt) - Yes [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green) - Yes [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone) - Yes [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling) - Yes [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines) - Yes [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh) - No [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) crossed the floor - Greens All no 0 yes · 8 no 8 members - No [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock) - No [Jordon Steele-John](https://politics.computer/mp/jordon-steele-john) - No [Larissa Waters](https://politics.computer/mp/larissa-waters) - No [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi) - No [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim) - No [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne) - No [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young) - No [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may) - Liberal All yes 4 yes · 0 no 4 members - Yes [Anne Ruston](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-ruston) - Yes [Jonathon Duniam](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathon-duniam) - Yes [Paul Scarr](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scarr) - Yes [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes Wendy Askew Party not recorded - No Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded - No [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice - No [Lidia Thorpe](https://politics.computer/mp/lidia-thorpe) 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 14 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-09-03/14) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 16 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-09-03/16) 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%3A3%2F9%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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