SenateDivision 14 · 25 Aug 2025

Defence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Passed29 aye · 11 no

What this vote was about

The majority voted in favour of a motion to pass the bill in the Senate. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill a third time. Since the bill has already passed in the House of the Representatives, it will now become law.

What does this bill do?

According to the bills digest, which is a document created by the parliamentary library:

Australia is hosting an increasing number of foreign military personnel as a result of expanding defence cooperation with allies.

Key initiatives include Submarine Rotational Force-West (SRF-West), the US Force Posture Initiatives, the Australia-Japan Reciprocal Access Agreement, and the Australia – Singapore Military Training Initiative.

The Bill will amend the Defence Housing Australia Act 1987 to expand Defence Housing Australia’s (DHA) main function to include the ability to provide housing and housing-related services to foreign government and defence personnel, and philanthropic organisations assisting the Australian Defence Force, to meet Defence’s current and future operational requirements.

At the time of writing, the Bill had not been referred to or reported on by any parliamentary committees.

Context written by They Vote For You volunteers (ODbL), reproduced unchanged.

Third reading: The third reading is the chamber's final vote on the bill in the form it has reached. Passing it sends the bill to the other chamber, or on for assent.

Related bills

Defence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025

By party

Party	Aye	No
Australian Labor Party	20	1
Australian Greens	1	10
Liberal–National Coalition	3	0
Pauline Hanson's One Nation	3	0
United Australia Party	1	0
Independent	1	0

Every vote

Other divisions this sitting day

What the Senate divided on around this vote, in order.

25 Aug 2025Defence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Increase defence expenditureSenate 25–35
25 Aug 2025Defence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Financial impactSenate 16–28
25 Aug 2025Defence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Priority to Australians and transparencySenate 38–23
25 Aug 2025Defence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main ideaSenate 30–10
25 Aug 2025Defence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025 - in Committee - HousingSenate 11–31
25 Aug 2025Documents - Housing Australia Future Fund - Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 36–21
25 Aug 2025Documents - North West Shelf Project - Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 16–27
25 Aug 2025Documents — Australian National University; Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 16–27
25 Aug 2025Documents — Australian National University; Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 16–26
25 Aug 2025Documents — Australian National University; Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 16–26
25 Aug 2025Documents — Australian National University; Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 16–26
25 Aug 2025Documents — Australian Public Service Commission; Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 35–20
25 Aug 2025Motions - Medicare - Criticise Prime MinisterSenate 22–30