SenateDivision 4 · 3 Sep 2025

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

Passed33 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.

Related bills

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

Other divisions this sitting day

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

3 Sep 2025Members of Parliament (Staff) Amendment (Providing Certainty and Improving Integrity) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Allocation of personnel staffSenate 40–23
3 Sep 2025Members of Parliament (Staff) Amendment (Providing Certainty and Improving Integrity) Bill 2025 - Third Reading - Pass the billSenate 29–32
3 Sep 2025Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and another - Second Reading - DemandsSenate 26–32
3 Sep 2025Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and another - Second Reading - Condemns Prime MinisterSenate 23–33
3 Sep 2025Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and another - Second Reading - Disabled people under 65 in aged careSenate 12–29
3 Sep 2025Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and another - in Committee - Excluding redress payments from means testingSenate 16–26
3 Sep 2025Motions - Australian National Flag - Suspend the usual rulesSenate 22–32
3 Sep 2025Committees — Finance and Public Administration References Committee; ReferenceSenate 25–29
3 Sep 2025Documents — Parliament House: Sponsored Access; Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 16–30
3 Sep 2025Documents — International Relations: Australia and Nauru; Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 16–30
3 Sep 2025Documents — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties; Order for the Production of DocumentsSenate 27–30
3 Sep 2025Business — Consideration of LegislationSenate 22–34
3 Sep 2025Committees — Economics References Committee; ReferenceSenate 9–37
3 Sep 2025Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 - First Reading - Put the questionSenate 26–12
3 Sep 2025Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 - First Reading - Proceeding without formalitiesSenate 26–12
3 Sep 2025Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 - First Reading - Continue considering the bill in parliamentSenate 26–12
3 Sep 2025Matters of Urgency - Australian National Flag - Put the questionSenate 31–22
3 Sep 2025Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and another - in Committee - Duration of modification powerSenate 35–21
3 Sep 2025Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025 - in Committee - Release of remaining home care packagesSenate 35–20
3 Sep 2025Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025 - in Committee - Excluding certain redress payments from means testingSenate 14–30
3 Sep 2025Business — RearrangementSenate 26–18