--- title: "Migration Amendment (Combatting Migrant Exploitation) Bill 2025: limitation of debate (Senate, 1 April 2026) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported the Migration Amendment (Combatting Migrant Exploitation) Bill 2025 being read a second time, which agrees with the bill's main idea. Passed 36 to 25 in the Senate on 1 April 2026. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-04-01/24" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) Parliament of Australia · Senate · 1 April 2026 · [Immigration](https://politics.computer/votes/senate?topic=immigration) # Migration Amendment (Combatting Migrant Exploitation) Bill 2025: limitation of debate Voting yes supported the Migration Amendment (Combatting Migrant Exploitation) Bill 2025 being read a second time, which agrees with the bill's main idea. Passed **36** yes **25** no The question put That this bill be read a second time. ## How each party voted - Labor All yes 25 yes · 0 no 25 members - Yes [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown) - Yes [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker) - Yes [Corinne Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/corinne-mulholland) - Yes [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill) - Yes [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox) - Yes [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker) - Yes [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle) - Yes [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley) - Yes [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart) - Yes [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister) - Yes [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh) - Yes [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega) - Yes [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan) - Yes [Katy Gallagher](https://politics.computer/mp/katy-gallagher) - Yes [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin) - Yes [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith) - Yes [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah) - Yes [Murray Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/murray-watt) - Yes [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green) - Yes [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone) - Yes [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling) - Yes [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines) - Yes [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) - Yes [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon) - Yes [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh) - Liberal All no 0 yes · 15 no 15 members - No [Alex Antic](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic) - No [Andrew McLachlan](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-mclachlan) - No [Anne Ruston](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-ruston) - No [Claire Chandler](https://politics.computer/mp/claire-chandler) - No [James Paterson](https://politics.computer/mp/james-paterson) - No [Jane Hume](https://politics.computer/mp/jane-hume) - No [Jessica Collins](https://politics.computer/mp/jessica-collins) - No [Jonathon Duniam](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathon-duniam) - No [Kerrynne Liddle](https://politics.computer/mp/kerrynne-liddle) - No [Leah Blyth](https://politics.computer/mp/leah-blyth) - No [Maria Kovacic](https://politics.computer/mp/maria-kovacic) - No [Matt O'Sullivan](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-o-sullivan) - No [Paul Scarr](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scarr) - No [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson) - No [Slade Brockman](https://politics.computer/mp/slade-brockman) - Greens All yes 9 yes · 0 no 9 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 [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim) - Yes [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne) - Yes [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young) - Yes [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may) - Nationals All no 0 yes · 3 no 3 members - No [Bridget McKenzie](https://politics.computer/mp/bridget-mckenzie) - No [Matthew Canavan](https://politics.computer/mp/matthew-canavan) - No [Ross Cadell](https://politics.computer/mp/ross-cadell) - One Nation All no 0 yes · 3 no 3 members - No [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts) - No [Sean Bell](https://politics.computer/mp/sean-bell) - No [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded - No Wendy Askew Party not recorded - No [Jacinta Nampijinpa Price](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-nampijinpa-price) CLP - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent - No [James McGrath](https://politics.computer/mp/james-mcgrath) LNP - No [Ralph Babet](https://politics.computer/mp/ralph-babet) United 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. [Previous Vote 23 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-04-01/23) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 25 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-04-01/25) 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%3A1%2F4%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. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. 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