Senate Division 14 · 4 Sep 2025

Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 - Limitation of Debate - Pass the bill

Carried 30 aye · 12 no

What this vote was about

The majority voted in favour of a motion that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed. In other words, they voted to pass the bill in the Senate. Because the bill was already passed in the House of Representatives, it will now become law.

What does this bill do?

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

The Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 (the Bill) amends the Migration Act 1958 with regard to provisions introduced by two Acts passed in late 2024 principally concerning the removal of certain non-citizens from Australia under ‘third country reception arrangements’.

‘Natural justice’, often used synonymously with ‘procedural fairness’, affords a person certain procedural rights in relation to decisions made, or actions taken, that affect that person’s rights or interests.

Currently under the Migration Act, rules of natural justice do not apply to a range of actions including certain visa cancellations. The Bill specifies additional provisions where the rules of natural justice will not apply. These are:

in relation to third country reception arrangements

certain decisions made regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information, including criminal history information and

ministerial directions given to removal pathway non-citizens.

Additionally, the Bill validates relevant visa decisions made prior to NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2023] HCA 37.

Noting responses to the previous legislation, stakeholders are likely to raise significant objections to the present Bill on the grounds of human rights concerns.

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.

By party

Party	Aye	No
Australian Labor Party	23	1
Australian Greens	1	10
Pauline Hanson's One Nation	3	0
Liberal–National Coalition	3	0
Independent	0	1

Every vote

Divisions this sitting day

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

Division 1 Business — Consideration of Legislation Carried Senate 31–13
Division 2 Business — Consideration of Legislation Negatived Senate 13–31
Division 3 Motions - National Security - Suspend the usual rules Negatived Senate 25–35
Division 4 Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report Carried Senate 40–24
Division 5 Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report Negatived Senate 13–25
Division 6 Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report Negatived Senate 14–25
Division 7 Documents — Internet Content; Order for the Production of Documents Carried Senate 34–21
Division 8 Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference Negatived Senate 23–32
Division 9 Documents — Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts; Order for the Production of Documents Carried Senate 33–21
Division 10 Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea Carried Senate 27–13
Division 11 Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 - Committee of the Whole - Community protection Negatived Senate 26–36
Division 12 Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 - Commmittee of the Whole - Removing the proposed validation of visa decisions Carried Senate 33–12
Division 13 Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 - Committee of the Whole - Removing all retrospectivity Negatived Senate 12–31
Division 14 Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 - Limitation of Debate - Pass the bill Carried Senate 30–12
Division 15 Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2025 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea Carried Senate 30–12
Division 16 Treasury Laws Amendment (Payments System Modernisation) Bill 2025 - Committee of the Whole - Reducing conflicts of interest on Reserve Bank boards Negatived Senate 11–31
Division 17 Motions - Gas Industry - Put the question Carried Senate 26–12
Division 18 Motions - Gas Industry - Let another vote take place Negatived Senate 11–27

Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 - Limitation of Debate - Pass the bill

By party

Every vote

AYE (30)

NO (12)

Divisions this sitting day