Senate Division 4 · 3 Sep 2025

Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and another - Second Reading - Criticism of Government

Carried 33 aye · 22 no

What this vote was about

The majority voted in favour of part (a) of the amendment on sheet 3426, which means it succeeded. The amendment changes the text of 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). While motions like these do not have any legal force, they are politically influential because they represent the will of the Senate.

Amendment text

At the end of the motion, add “, but the Senate:

(a) notes that:

(i) the Albanese Labor Government promised to deliver 83,000 new home care places for older Australians, but to date has delivered zero,

(ii) 87,597 older Australians are currently waiting on the National Priority System for a home care place they have been assessed as needing,

(iii) 121,596 older Australians are waiting to be assessed for a home care place,

(iv) as a result, more than 200,000 vulnerable Australians and their families are still waiting for either a home care place or an assessment for a home care place,

(v) almost 5,000 vulnerable Australians have died in the past year while on the waiting list for a home care place,

(vi) the most vulnerable Australians are now waiting up to 15 months for access to a home care place they have been assessed as needing, compared to 3 to 6 months under the former Coalition Government, and

(vii) the aged care sector is ready to deliver home care places, despite the Minister falsely blaming the sector for the Government’s failures; and ...

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.

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By party

Party	Aye	No
Australian Labor Party	2	21
Liberal–National Coalition	18	0
Australian Greens	8	1
Pauline Hanson's One Nation	3	0
United Australia Party	1	0
Independent	1	0

Every vote

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

Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and another - Second Reading - Criticism of Government

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Every vote

AYE (33)

NO (22)

Divisions this sitting day