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title: "Migration Amendment (2026 Measures No. 1) Bill 2026: second reading (Senate, 12 March 2026) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported Senator Faruqi's second reading amendment to the Migration Amendment (2026 Measures No. 1) Bill 2026 being agreed to. Defeated 11 to 24 in the Senate on 12 March 2026. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-12/19"
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Parliament of Australia · Senate · 12 March 2026 · [Immigration](https://politics.computer/votes/senate?topic=immigration) 

# Migration Amendment (2026 Measures No. 1) Bill 2026: second reading

Voting yes supported Senator Faruqi's second reading amendment to the Migration Amendment (2026 Measures No. 1) Bill 2026 being agreed to.

Defeated **11** yes **24** no 

The question put

That the second reading amendment moved by Senator Faruqi on sheet 3695 be agreed to.

**Crossed the floor:** [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) (Labor, voted yes).

## How each party voted

- Labor Mostly no 1 yes · 21 no  
22 members

  - Yes [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell)  crossed the floor
  - No [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm)
  - No [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown)
  - No [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker)
  - No [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox)
  - No [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker)
  - No [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle)
  - No [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley)
  - No [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart)
  - No [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister)
  - No [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh)
  - No [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega)
  - No [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan)
  - No [Katy Gallagher](https://politics.computer/mp/katy-gallagher)
  - No [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin)
  - No [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith)
  - No [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah)
  - No [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green)
  - No [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling)
  - No [Tim Ayres](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-ayres)
  - No [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon)
  - No [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh)
- Greens All yes 7 yes · 0 no  
7 members

  - Yes [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock)
  - Yes [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge)
  - Yes [Jordon Steele-John](https://politics.computer/mp/jordon-steele-john)
  - Yes [Larissa Waters](https://politics.computer/mp/larissa-waters)
  - Yes [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi)
  - Yes [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne)
  - Yes [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may)
- Smaller parties and independents

  - No [James McGrath](https://politics.computer/mp/james-mcgrath) LNP
  - No [Susan McDonald](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-mcdonald) LNP
  - Yes [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice
  - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent
  - No [Jonathon Duniam](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathon-duniam) Liberal
  - Yes Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded

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 18 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-12/18) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 20 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-12/20) 

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%3A12%2F3%2F2026;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.

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