Parliament of Australia · Senate · 17 September 2026 · Education

Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026: second reading

Voting yes supported agreeing to Senator David Pocock's second reading amendment to the Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026.

Defeated13 yes 23 no

The question put

That the second reading amendment on sheet 4124 moved by Senator David Pocock be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 21 no
21 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
GreensAll yes10 yes · 0 no
10 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesDavid Shoebridge
- YesJordon Steele-John
- YesLarissa Waters
- YesMehreen Faruqi
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSarah Hanson-Young
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
- YesVanessa Bleyer
Smaller parties and independents
- NoMaria KovacicLiberal
- NoMatt O'SullivanLiberal
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesJacqui LambieJacqui Lambie Network

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.