Parliament of Australia · Senate · 26 March 2026 · Economy and tax
Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2025-2026: second reading
Voting yes supported the Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2025-2026, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2025-2026 and Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026 being read a second time, which agrees with the bills' main idea.
The question put
That the bills be read a second 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
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesTammy Tyrrell
- YesTim Ayres
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- One NationAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesJames PatersonLiberal
- YesMatt O'SullivanLiberal
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- 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.