Parliament of Australia · Senate · 4 March 2026 · Defence and foreign affairs

Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025: third reading

Voting yes supported the Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025 passing its third reading, which means passing the bill.

Passed30 yes 18 no

The question put

That the bill be read a third time.

How each party voted

LaborAll yes25 yes · 0 no
25 members
- YesAnthony Chisholm
- YesCarol Brown
- YesCharlotte Walker
- YesCorinne Mulholland
- YesDeborah O'Neill
- YesDorinda Cox
- YesEllie Whiteaker
- YesGlenn Sterle
- YesHelen Polley
- YesJana Stewart
- YesJenny McAllister
- YesJess Walsh
- YesJosh Dolega
- YesKaren Grogan
- YesLisa Darmanin
- YesMalarndirri McCarthy
- YesMarielle Smith
- YesMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- YesMurray Watt
- YesNita Green
- YesRaff Ciccone
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesTim Ayres
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
GreensAll no0 yes · 8 no
8 members
- NoBarbara Pocock
- NoDavid Shoebridge
- NoLarissa Waters
- NoMehreen Faruqi
- NoNick McKim
- NoPenny Allman-Payne
- NoSarah Hanson-Young
- NoSteph Hodgins-May
LiberalAll yes5 yes · 0 no
5 members
- YesAndrew McLachlan
- YesJonathon Duniam
- YesMaria Kovacic
- YesPaul Scarr
- YesSarah Henderson
One NationAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
- NoMalcolm Roberts
- NoPauline Hanson
- NoSean Bell
- NoTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- NoLidia ThorpeIndependent
- NoFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- NoJacqui LambieJacqui Lambie Network
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- 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.