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title: "Business: Consideration of Legislation (House of Representatives, 25 March 2026) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported adjourning the debate on the legislation, which pauses the current discussion and postpones it to a later sitting. Passed 65 to 11 in the House of Representatives on 25 March 2026. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/house/2026-03-25/1"
---

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Parliament of Australia · House of Representatives · 25 March 2026

# Business: Consideration of Legislation

Voting yes supported adjourning the debate on the legislation, which pauses the current discussion and postpones it to a later sitting.

Passed **65** yes **11** no 

The question put

That the debate be adjourned.

## How each party voted

- Labor All yes 65 yes · 0 no  
65 members

  - Yes [Ali France](https://politics.computer/mp/ali-france)
  - Yes [Alice Jordan-Baird](https://politics.computer/mp/alice-jordan-baird)
  - Yes [Alicia Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/alicia-payne)
  - Yes [Alison Byrnes](https://politics.computer/mp/alison-byrnes)
  - Yes [Andrew Charlton](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-charlton)
  - Yes [Andrew Giles](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-giles)
  - Yes [Andrew Leigh](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-leigh)
  - Yes [Anne Stanley](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-stanley)
  - Yes [Anne Urquhart](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-urquhart)
  - Yes [Ash Ambihaipahar](https://politics.computer/mp/ash-ambihaipahar)
  - Yes [Basem Abdo](https://politics.computer/mp/basem-abdo)
  - Yes [Carina Garland](https://politics.computer/mp/carina-garland)
  - Yes [Carol Berry](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-berry)
  - Yes [Cassandra Fernando](https://politics.computer/mp/cassandra-fernando)
  - Yes [Claire Clutterham](https://politics.computer/mp/claire-clutterham)
  - Yes [Clare O'Neil](https://politics.computer/mp/clare-o-neil)
  - Yes [Dan Repacholi](https://politics.computer/mp/dan-repacholi)
  - Yes [David Moncrieff](https://politics.computer/mp/david-moncrieff)
  - Yes [David Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/david-smith)
  - Yes [Emma Comer](https://politics.computer/mp/emma-comer)
  - Yes [Emma McBride](https://politics.computer/mp/emma-mcbride)
  - Yes [Gabriel Ng](https://politics.computer/mp/gabriel-ng)
  - Yes [Ged Kearney](https://politics.computer/mp/ged-kearney)
  - Yes [Gordon Reid](https://politics.computer/mp/gordon-reid)
  - Yes [Jerome Laxale](https://politics.computer/mp/jerome-laxale)
  - Yes [Jess Teesdale](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-teesdale)
  - Yes [Jo Briskey](https://politics.computer/mp/jo-briskey)
  - Yes [Joanne Ryan](https://politics.computer/mp/joanne-ryan)
  - Yes [Jodie Belyea](https://politics.computer/mp/jodie-belyea)
  - Yes [Josh Wilson](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-wilson)
  - Yes [Julian Hill](https://politics.computer/mp/julian-hill)
  - Yes [Julie-Ann Campbell](https://politics.computer/mp/julie-ann-campbell)
  - Yes [Justine Elliot](https://politics.computer/mp/justine-elliot)
  - Yes [Kara Cook](https://politics.computer/mp/kara-cook)
  - Yes [Kate Thwaites](https://politics.computer/mp/kate-thwaites)
  - Yes [Libby Coker](https://politics.computer/mp/libby-coker)
  - Yes [Lisa Chesters](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-chesters)
  - Yes [Louise Miller-Frost](https://politics.computer/mp/louise-miller-frost)
  - Yes [Madonna Jarrett](https://politics.computer/mp/madonna-jarrett)
  - Yes [Mark Dreyfus](https://politics.computer/mp/mark-dreyfus)
  - Yes [Mary Doyle](https://politics.computer/mp/mary-doyle)
  - Yes [Matt Burnell](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-burnell)
  - Yes [Matt Gregg](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-gregg)
  - Yes [Matt Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-smith)
  - Yes [Meryl Swanson](https://politics.computer/mp/meryl-swanson)
  - Yes [Patrick Gorman](https://politics.computer/mp/patrick-gorman)
  - Yes [Peter Khalil](https://politics.computer/mp/peter-khalil)
  - Yes [Rebecca White](https://politics.computer/mp/rebecca-white)
  - Yes [Renee Coffey](https://politics.computer/mp/renee-coffey)
  - Yes [Rowan Holzberger](https://politics.computer/mp/rowan-holzberger)
  - Yes [Sally Sitou](https://politics.computer/mp/sally-sitou)
  - Yes [Sam Lim](https://politics.computer/mp/sam-lim)
  - Yes [Sarah Witty](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-witty)
  - Yes [Sharon Claydon](https://politics.computer/mp/sharon-claydon)
  - Yes [Shayne Neumann](https://politics.computer/mp/shayne-neumann)
  - Yes [Steve Georganas](https://politics.computer/mp/steve-georganas)
  - Yes [Susan Templeman](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-templeman)
  - Yes [Tania Lawrence](https://politics.computer/mp/tania-lawrence)
  - Yes [Tim Watts](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-watts)
  - Yes [Tom French](https://politics.computer/mp/tom-french)
  - Yes [Tony Zappia](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-zappia)
  - Yes [Tracey Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/tracey-roberts)
  - Yes [Trish Cook](https://politics.computer/mp/trish-cook)
  - Yes [Zaneta Mascarenhas](https://politics.computer/mp/zaneta-mascarenhas)
  - Yes [Zhi Soon](https://politics.computer/mp/zhi-soon)
- Independent All no 0 yes · 8 no  
8 members

  - No [Andrew Gee](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-gee)
  - No [Andrew Wilkie](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-wilkie)
  - No [Dai Le](https://politics.computer/mp/dai-le)
  - No [Kate Chaney](https://politics.computer/mp/kate-chaney)
  - No [Monique Ryan](https://politics.computer/mp/monique-ryan)
  - No [Nicolette Boele](https://politics.computer/mp/nicolette-boele)
  - No [Sophie Scamps](https://politics.computer/mp/sophie-scamps)
  - No [Zali Steggall](https://politics.computer/mp/zali-steggall)
- Smaller parties and independents

  - No [Rebekha Sharkie](https://politics.computer/mp/rebekha-sharkie) Centre Alliance
  - No [Elizabeth Watson-Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/elizabeth-watson-brown) Greens
  - No [Bob Katter](https://politics.computer/mp/bob-katter) Katter's Australian Party

Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.

[All House of Representatives votes](https://politics.computer/votes/house) [Next Vote 2 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/house/2026-03-25/2) 

Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Australia](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;orderBy=%5Ffragment%5Fnumber,doc%5Fdate-rev;page=0;query=Dataset%3Ahansardr,hansardr80%20Date%3A25%2F3%2F2026;rec=0;resCount=Default), read through [the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data](https://data.openaustralia.org.au/). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.

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