Senate Division 1 · 3 Sep 2025

Members of Parliament (Staff) Amendment (Providing Certainty and Improving Integrity) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Allocation of personnel staff

Carried 40 aye · 23 no

What this vote was about

The majority voted in favour of an amendment to the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). This means the wording below will be added to the usual motion. These sorts of motions do not make any legal changes of their own but are politically influential because they represent the will of the Senate.

Amendment text

At the end of the motion, add “, but the Senate calls on the Government to work with all elected groups and individuals in the Parliament to develop a fair and independent staffing model for allocating personal staff that reflects the diversity of representation, as elected by the Australian people, and addresses staff wellbeing and sustainability of workload.”

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

Second reading: The second reading vote decides whether the chamber agrees with the bill in principle. A second reading amendment attaches commentary or conditions to that agreement without changing the bill's text.

Related bills

Members of Parliament (Staff) Amendment (Providing Certainty and Improving Integrity) Bill 2025

By party

Party	Aye	No
Australian Labor Party	2	22
Liberal–National Coalition	22	0
Australian Greens	10	1
Pauline Hanson's One Nation	3	0
Jacqui Lambie Network	1	0
United Australia Party	1	0
Independent	1	0

Every vote

AYE (40)

NO (23)

Divisions this sitting day

Every division the Senate held that day, in order; the one on this page is marked.

Division 1 Members of Parliament (Staff) Amendment (Providing Certainty and Improving Integrity) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Allocation of personnel staff Carried Senate 40–23
Division 2 Members of Parliament (Staff) Amendment (Providing Certainty and Improving Integrity) Bill 2025 - Third Reading - Pass the bill Negatived Senate 29–32
Division 3 Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and another - Second Reading - Demands Negatived Senate 26–32
Division 4 Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and another - Second Reading - Criticism of Government Carried Senate 33–22
Division 5 Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and another - Second Reading - Condemns Prime Minister Negatived Senate 23–33
Division 6 Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and another - Second Reading - Disabled people under 65 in aged care Negatived Senate 12–29
Division 7 Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and another - in Committee - Excluding redress payments from means testing Negatived Senate 16–26
Division 8 Motions - Australian National Flag - Suspend the usual rules Negatived Senate 22–32
Division 9 Committees — Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Reference Negatived Senate 25–29
Division 10 Documents — Parliament House: Sponsored Access; Order for the Production of Documents Negatived Senate 16–30
Division 11 Documents — International Relations: Australia and Nauru; Order for the Production of Documents Negatived Senate 16–30
Division 12 Documents — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties; Order for the Production of Documents Negatived Senate 27–30
Division 13 Business — Consideration of Legislation Negatived Senate 22–34
Division 14 Committees — Economics References Committee; Reference Negatived Senate 9–37
Division 15 Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 - First Reading - Put the question Carried Senate 26–12
Division 16 Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 - First Reading - Proceeding without formalities Carried Senate 26–12
Division 17 Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 - First Reading - Continue considering the bill in parliament Carried Senate 26–12
Division 18 Matters of Urgency - Australian National Flag - Put the question Carried Senate 31–22
Division 19 Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and another - in Committee - Duration of modification power Carried Senate 35–21
Division 20 Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025 - in Committee - Release of remaining home care packages Carried Senate 35–20
Division 21 Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025 - in Committee - Excluding certain redress payments from means testing Negatived Senate 14–30
Division 22 Business — Rearrangement Carried Senate 26–18