Parliament of Australia · Senate · 1 April 2026

Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025: limitation of debate

Voting yes supported limiting debate so the Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025 and its consequential and transitional provisions bill could proceed to a second reading, which agrees with the bill's main idea.

Passed38 yes 20 no

The question put

That the bills be now read a second time.

How each party voted

LaborAll yes24 yes · 0 no
24 members
- YesCarol Brown
- YesCharlotte Walker
- YesCorinne Mulholland
- YesDeborah O'Neill
- YesDorinda Cox
- YesEllie Whiteaker
- YesGlenn Sterle
- YesHelen Polley
- YesJana Stewart
- YesJenny McAllister
- YesJosh Dolega
- YesKaren Grogan
- YesKaty Gallagher
- YesLisa Darmanin
- YesMarielle Smith
- YesMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- YesNita Green
- YesRaff Ciccone
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesSue Lines
- YesTammy Tyrrell
- YesTim Ayres
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
LiberalAll no0 yes · 15 no
15 members
- NoAlex Antic
- NoAnne Ruston
- NoClaire Chandler
- NoDave Sharma
- NoJames Paterson
- NoJessica Collins
- NoJonathon Duniam
- NoKerrynne Liddle
- NoLeah Blyth
- NoMaria Kovacic
- NoMatt O'Sullivan
- NoPaul Scarr
- NoRichard Colbeck
- NoSarah Henderson
- NoSlade Brockman
GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesDavid Shoebridge
- YesJordon Steele-John
- YesLarissa Waters
- YesMehreen Faruqi
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSarah Hanson-Young
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
NationalsAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
- NoBridget McKenzie
- NoMatthew Canavan
- NoRoss Cadell
One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesMalcolm Roberts
- YesSean Bell
- YesTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- NoJames McGrathLNP

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.