Parliament of Australia · Senate · 14 September 2026 · Education

Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers (Special Account) (Extending Support and Strengthening Safety) Bill 2026: second reading

Voting yes supported making the second reading amendment moved by Senator Hodgins-May to the Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers (Special Account) (Extending Support and Strengthening Safety) Bill 2026.

Defeated12 yes 25 no

The question put

That the second reading amendment moved by Senator Hodgins-May on sheet 4123 be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 22 no
22 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDon Farrell
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesDavid Shoebridge
- YesJordon Steele-John
- YesLarissa Waters
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSarah Hanson-Young
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
- YesVanessa Bleyer
LiberalAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
- NoJessica Collins
- NoLeah Blyth
- NoMatt O'Sullivan
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice

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.