Senate Division 2 · 26 Mar 2026

Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Carried 36 aye · 25 no

What this vote was about

The majority voted in favour of a motion to pass the bill in the Senate. The bill will now be sent to the House of Representatives for their consideration.

What does this bill do?

According to the bill homepage, this bill:

Amends the Housing Australia Act 2018 to provide that certain directions about the performance of Housing Australia’s functions are subject to disallowance.

This means that the parliament will be able to disallow (i.e., stop something from having legal effect) certain instruments in respect to Housing Australia's functions.

Why is this bill so interesting?

It is not common that private bills (i.e., bills not introduced by the Government) pass a house of Parliament despite Government opposition. Here, the Australian Labor Party voted against the bill, which still managed to pass.

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

Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025

By party

Party	Aye	No
Australian Labor Party	1	23
Liberal–National Coalition	22	0
Australian Greens	10	1
Pauline Hanson's One Nation	3	0
Independent	0	1

Every vote

AYE (36)

NO (25)

Divisions this sitting day

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

Division 1 Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea Carried Senate 36–25
Division 2 Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025 - Third Reading - Pass the bill Carried Senate 36–25
Division 3 Housing Investment Probity Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea Negatived Senate 26–36
Division 4 Bills — Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2025-2026, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2025-2026, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026; Second Reading Negatived Senate 5–40
Division 5 Bills — Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2025-2026, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2025-2026, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026; Second Reading Carried Senate 40–5
Division 6 Bills — Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2025-2026, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2025-2026, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026; Third Reading Carried Senate 40–5
Division 7 Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report Negatived Senate 12–31
Division 8 Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report Carried Senate 30–12
Division 9 Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report Carried Senate 30–12
Division 10 Documents — Housing; Order for the Production of Documents Carried Senate 36–20
Division 11 Documents — Housing Australia; Order for the Production of Documents Negatived Senate 27–30
Division 12 Documents — Department of the Treasury, Home Guarantee Scheme; Order for the Production of Documents Carried Senate 37–20
Division 13 Documents — Home Guarantee Scheme; Order for the Production of Documents Negatived Senate 27–30
Division 14 Bills — Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 1) Bill 2026; Second Reading Negatived Senate 12–29
Division 15 Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for Accc Enforcement) Bill 2026; Second Reading Negatived Senate 10–25
Division 16 Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for Accc Enforcement) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Price gouging Negatived Senate 11–26