Senate Division 1 · 31 Mar 2026

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Criticism

Negatived 28 aye · 34 no

What this vote was about

The majority voted against 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). In other words, they voted to leave the usual second reading motion unchanged and not at the words below.

Amendment text

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate notes that:

(a) the Government and the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) have been unable to clearly quantify the scale of fraud within the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS);

(b) the NDIA Fraud Fusion Taskforce estimates that up to 10 per cent of NDIS claims are inappropriate, mischievous or outright criminal;

(c) the Government must do more to prevent the fraud and rorting that is rife within the NDIS;

(d) the changes in the bill will do little to remove bad actors from defrauding participants and taxpayers;

(e) the changes in the bill provide no direct regulation or fraud controls for the 94 per cent of NDIS providers who are not registered; and

(f) robust integrity systems are critical to not only protect taxpayer funds but also to protect NDIS participants from exploitation by unscrupulous providers".

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

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2026

By party

Party	Aye	No
Australian Labor Party	1	22
Liberal–National Coalition	22	0
Australian Greens	0	12
Pauline Hanson's One Nation	3	0
United Australia Party	1	0
Independent	1	0

Every vote

“Crossed” marks a vote against the majority of the member's own party in this division.

AYE (28)

NO (34)

Divisions this sitting day

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

Division 1 National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Criticism Negatived Senate 28–34
Division 2 National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 - in Committee - Plan variation provision Carried Senate 30–11
Division 3 National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 - in Committee - NDIS supports Negatived Senate 12–32
Division 4 National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 - in Committee - People who have been convicted of criminal offences Negatived Senate 13–30
Division 5 Motions - Australian Defence Force - Put the question Carried Senate 23–10
Division 6 Motions - Australian Defence Force - Let another motion be moved Negatived Senate 10–23
Division 7 Regulations and Determinations - Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes — Cash Acceptance) Regulations 2025 - Disallow Negatived Senate 17–28
Division 8 Committees - Community Affairs References Committee; Reference - Gender dysphoria treatment Negatived Senate 19–41
Division 9 Committees — Procedure Committee; Reference Negatived Senate 5–44
Division 10 Documents — Housing Australia; Order for the Production of Documents Carried Senate 36–23
Division 11 Documents — Superannuation; Order for the Production of Documents Negatived Senate 26–34
Division 12 Documents - Housing Australia - Order for the production of documents Carried Senate 37–23
Division 13 Matters of Urgency - Taxation - 25% tax on gas exports Negatived Senate 10–26
Division 14 Copyright Amendment Bill 2026 - Second Reading - Educational institutions Negatived Senate 16–26
Division 15 Copyright Amendment Bill 2026 - Second Reading - Copyright Negatived Senate 16–26
Division 16 Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Strategic Reserve) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Repeal of restrictions relating to fossil fuels Negatived Senate 26–36
Division 17 Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Strategic Reserve) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Greens amendments Negatived Senate 11–36
Division 18 Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Strategic Reserve) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Independent review of operation of amendments Negatived Senate 27–32
Division 19 Treasury Laws Amendment (Fuel Excise Relief) Bill 2026 - Second Reading - Reduction in fuel excise and heavy vehicle road user charge Negatived Senate 22–36
Division 20 Treasury Laws Amendment (Fuel Excise Relief) Bill 2026 - Second Reading - Criticism of Government Negatived Senate 25–34
Division 21 Treasury Laws Amendment (Fuel Excise Relief) Bill 2026 - Second Reading - Renewables Negatived Senate 10–32