Parliament of Australia · Senate · 15 October 2026

Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting the Strip Searching of Children) Bill 2026: second reading

Voting yes supported ending debate immediately and putting the second reading of the Strip Searching of Children and Shackling During Childbirth bills to a vote.

Defeated10 yes 24 no

The question put

That the question be now put on the second reading of the bills.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 20 no
20 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
GreensAll yes7 yes · 0 no
7 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesDavid Shoebridge
- YesMehreen Faruqi
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
- YesVanessa Bleyer
LiberalAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
- NoAnne Ruston
- NoChris Gatenby
- NoJames Paterson
- NoLeah Blyth
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.