Parliament of Australia · Senate · 25 March 2026 · First Peoples
National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Bill 2026: second reading
Voting yes supported the National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Bill 2026 passing its second reading, which agrees with the bill's main idea.
Passed38 yes 25 no
The question put
That the bill be now read a second time.
How each party voted
- LaborAll yes25 yes · 0 no
25 members
- YesCarol Brown
- YesCharlotte Walker
- YesCorinne Mulholland
- YesDeborah O'Neill
- YesDon Farrell
- 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
- YesTammy Tyrrell
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll no0 yes · 16 no
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- NationalsAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
- One NationAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- NoJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- 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.