Parliament of Australia · Senate · 29 October 2025 · Climate and environment
Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2025: second reading
Voting yes supported the Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2025 passing its second reading, which agrees with the bill's main idea.
The question put
That the bill be read a second time.
Crossed the floor: Andrew McLachlan (Liberal, voted yes), Tammy Tyrrell (Labor, voted yes).
How each party voted
- LaborMostly no1 yes · 22 no
23 members
- YesTammy Tyrrell crossed the floor
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDon Farrell
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- LiberalMostly no1 yes · 11 no
12 members
- YesAndrew McLachlan crossed the floor
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- One NationAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- NoSusan McDonaldLNP
- NoMatthew CanavanNationals
- 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.