Parliament of Australia · Senate · 25 March 2026 · First Peoples
National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Bill 2026: third reading
Voting yes supported the National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Bill 2026 and its Transitional Provisions Bill passing their third reading, which means passing the bills.
The question put
That the bills be now read a third time.
How each party voted
- LaborAll yes24 yes · 0 no
24 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
- YesNita Green
- YesRaff Ciccone
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesTammy Tyrrell
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll no0 yes · 16 no
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- NoMatthew CanavanNationals
- NoRoss CadellNationals
- NoMalcolm RobertsOne Nation
- NoTyron WhittenOne Nation
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- NoJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
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.