Parliament of Australia · Senate · 1 April 2026 · Crime and safety

Criminal Code Amendment (Keeping Australia Safe) Bill 2026: second reading

Voting yes supported the Criminal Code Amendment (Keeping Australia Safe) Bill 2026 being read a second time, which agrees with the bill's main idea.

Defeated26 yes 34 no

The question put

That this bill be now read a second time.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 23 no
23 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
LiberalAll yes15 yes · 0 no
15 members
- YesAlex Antic
- YesAndrew Bragg
- YesAnne Ruston
- YesClaire Chandler
- YesDave Sharma
- YesJames Paterson
- YesJessica Collins
- YesJonathon Duniam
- YesKerrynne Liddle
- YesLeah Blyth
- YesMaria Kovacic
- YesMatt O'Sullivan
- YesRichard Colbeck
- YesSarah Henderson
- YesSlade Brockman
GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
9 members
- NoBarbara Pocock
- NoDavid Shoebridge
- NoJordon Steele-John
- NoLarissa Waters
- NoMehreen Faruqi
- NoNick McKim
- NoPenny Allman-Payne
- NoSarah Hanson-Young
- NoSteph Hodgins-May
One NationAll yes4 yes · 0 no
4 members
- YesMalcolm Roberts
- YesPauline Hanson
- YesSean Bell
- YesTyron Whitten
NationalsAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesBridget McKenzie
- YesMatthew Canavan
- YesRoss Cadell
Smaller parties and independents
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- YesJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- YesJames McGrathLNP
- YesRalph 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.